MORE AS TO THE BARNACLE AND GOOSE 135 



duct of the barnacle. It is remarkable that the 



Mykenaean pottery-painter had observed the soft " fish " 



of the barnacle so minutely as to select this unpaired 



and very peculiar-looking structure, and represent it of 



exaggerated size attached in its proper 



position on the barnacle-like body of a 



goose. This very striking transference 



of a peculiar and characteristic organ 



of the barnacle to the body of the goose 



by the artist seems not to have been 



noticed by M. Houssay. 



M. Houssay further points out the 

 existence on some of the Mykenaean 

 pottery of drawings (see " L'Ossuaire 

 de Crete," by MM. Perrot and Chipiez) 

 of leaves attached to tree-like stems. 

 These leaves (Fig. I 8, a, b, c) exhibit FIG. 17. Two draw- 

 the same markings (" venation ") which ings on pottery of 

 we see on the bodies of the geese in odifi f d gee !f' from 



T ,. ^ ... . , ,, f Perrot's " Ossuaire 



tig. 1 6, especially the middle one of de Crete." The three 

 the five. The leaves (or fruits ?) copied lines above the back 

 by M. Houssay from the Mykensean of the u PP er fi s ure 



... . 



pottery are attached in a series to a 

 stem but no one, at present, has 



probably represent 



t F he le j or rri of 

 the barnacle, which 



suggested what plant it is which is are represented by 



represented. The corners of the leaf two jointe <l ' a PP end ' 



r . ages in the geese 



or fruit to the right and left of its shown in Fig. 16. 

 stalk are thrown into a spiral and 

 the half leaf or half fruit represented in Fig. 1 8, b, 

 leads us on to that drawn in Fig. 1 8, c, in which the 

 spiral corner is slightly modified in curvature so as to 

 resemble the head and neck of the goose as drawn in 

 Fig. 1 6. Though Fig. 18, c, is as yet devoid of 

 legs or wing feathers (compare Fig. 16, d), the black 



