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bottom from "Wliitenose to Church-Hope, and 

 from St. Aldham's Head to the BiU. He follows 

 dredging -with the zest of a savant ; and it is 

 amusing really to hear how he pours forth 

 the crackjaw, the sesquipedalian nomenclature. 

 ' Now, Sir, if you do want a Gastrochcena, I can 

 just put down your dredge upon a lot of 'em ; 

 we '11 bring up three and four in a stone.' ' I 'm 

 in hopes we shall have a good Crihella or two off 

 this bank, if we don't get choked up with them 

 'ere Ophiocomas.^ He tells me in confidence that 

 he has been sorely puzzled to find a name for his 

 boat, but has at length determined to appellate 

 her ' The Turritella ; just to astonish the fisher- 

 men, you know, Sir,' — with an accompanying 

 wink and chuckle, and a patronizing nudge in 

 my ribs. Jone is a proud man when he gets a 

 real savant alone in a boat ; and he talks witlj 

 delight of the feats which he has achieved in the 

 dredging line for Mr. Bowerbank, Mr. Hanley, 

 and Professor Forbes. 



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" Well, here we are in the bight, just off the 

 mouth of Preston Valley, the only bit of pretty 

 scenery anywhere near. This, however, is a little 

 gem ; a verdant dell opening to the sea, through 



