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anemone Bwnodes Crassicornis, or Thick-horned Ane- i 

 mone This last a great Contortionist Original Anec- 

 dote Professor R. Jones and the Actinia A Coriacea 

 described by Dr Landsborough Mode of capturing 

 Actinia Their Power of Stinging Different Persons va- 

 riously affected by Touching the Tentacula Purple Sea- 

 anemone considered a great Dainty by Italian Epicures 

 Actiniae v. Scotch Haddies, &c. 



CHAPTER IX. 



SERPULA, SABELLA, CHITON, DORIS, AND EOLIS. 



Serpulse Description of S. Contortuplicata and S. Ver- 

 micularis Resemblance of their Breathing Appa- 

 ratus to a Plume of Feathers Their extreme Acute- 

 ness of Vision, although apparently destitute of Eyes 

 The Sabellse Their Dwelling-tubes of Sand Not 

 suitable Objects for the Aquarium Chiton and its 

 Peculiar Shelly Covering Naked- gilled Molluscs 

 The Eolis Its Wolfishness curiously illustrated The 

 Eolis swimming on the Surface of the Water Head 

 Downwards The Doris Large Specimens found at 

 Joppa No Idea of the Marvellous Beauty of these 

 Creatures from Engravings, .... 134 



CHAPTER X. 



ON SEA-WEEDS (MARINE ALG^). 



Algae, their Usefulness in the Aquarium Viva latissima, 

 or Sea-lettuce Enteromorpha compr essa,' or Sea-grass 

 Zostera marina Sir T. Browne Curious Extract 

 from his Works La Prairie, or the Meadowy Sea 

 Rhodymenia palmata Dulse Chondus-chrispus, or 

 Irish Moss, the Proteus of the Marine Alga3 Deles- 

 saria sanguinea, the Queen of Ocean Plants Division 



