CONTENTS. IX 



CHAPTER VI. 



PHOLAS, MUSSEL, COCKLE (CARDIUM EDULE). 



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The Pholas Its extreme Beauty The Mystery surround- 

 ing his Manner of Boring Rocks Peep into Life in the 

 Aquarium Method of capturing it The Fiddler-crab 

 eating The Blennies, and their Voracity Death of 

 Wee Jockie A Tough Meal Various Theories regard- 

 ing the Mode in which the Pholas Bores its Dwelling in 

 the Rock Opinions of Professor Forbes, Mr Osier, and 

 Mr Sowerby The Author's Explanation, founded on 

 Ocular Demonstration The Pholas used as an Article of 

 Food in some Continental Countries The Mussel The 

 Pinna The Cockle; does it leap 1 Humorous Anec- 

 dote, &c., . . . . .67 



CHAPTER VII. 



COMMON SHORE-CRAB, SWIMMING-CRAB, HERMIT-CRAB, ETC. 



Changing their Shelly Coat Account of the Process Fling- 

 ing away an Injured Limb Mode of its Renewal Eat- 

 able Crab, Cancer pagurus Carcinus mcenus Its 

 Unpleasant Aspect The Fiddler-crab The Upper 

 Classes of Fish Society The Crustaceous Diogenes, or 

 Soldier-crab, Pagurus bernardhus Numbers of these 

 Animals at Joppa Their Cannibal Propensity illus- 

 trated by Original Anecdotes The Artful One in a Fix 

 Hermit-crab and Dog- winkle The Wee Practical 

 Joker Sand-hoppers " Real Live Shrimps" Sand-eels 

 Clever mode of catching them Fiddler-crab an Enemy 

 to Shrimps in the Aquarium, . . .95 



CHAPTER VIII. 



SEA-ANEMONES (ACTINIA). 



Description of these Living Flowers Their Number at Joppa 

 Bellis, or Sea-daisy A Mesembryanthemum, or Smooth- 



