ACORN-BARNACLES. 9 



their delicate white porcelain-like shells into some 

 kinds of fancy shell-work. The Barnacles themselves 

 are eaten on some coasts of Africa, where they are 

 very abundant. The shell of this animal is at the 

 end of a long fleshy stalk, generally of a purplish red, 

 sometimes of a bright orange colour, and is of the form 

 called multivalve, being composed of five pieces or 



SHIP-BARNACLES, attached to a piece of Timber. 



valves, two of them on each side of the animal, and 

 a narrow piece down the back. It is a pretty shell, 



