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all over with these tiny bubbles, which look just 

 like little drops of quicksilver. 



The green laver is found in abundance on 

 most of our rocky coasts, and is often boiled 

 down into a kind of jelly and used as food. 



PLATE XLVII 



THE PURPLE LAVER (2) 



This plant is very much like the green laver, 

 except that it is purple in colour instead of 

 green. It is often boiled down into jelly and 

 used as food, more especially in Ireland, where 

 it is generally known as "sloke," and is cooked 

 and brought to table in a silver saucepan. 



PLATE XLVIII 

 CARRAGEEN MOSS (i) 



I do not know why this plant should be called 

 a moss, for it is not in the least like the true 

 mosses, as you can easily see by looking at the 

 illustration. It is very common indeed, growing 

 both in the pools among the rocks and also in 

 deep water. But it is not a very easy plant to 

 describe, for it varies very much in colour, being 



