SEA-WEEDS. 



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The young plants are also eaten by the people of 

 Scotland and the south-west of England, and 



numerous tribes of shell-fish find their food in 

 this large plant. This sea-weed, mingled with 

 another called the Pepper Dulse, is still sold in 

 Scotland, or was, at least, a few years since. Dr. 

 Greville remarks, that he has heard the cry in the 

 streets of Edinburgh, " Buy Dulse and Tangle." 

 It is only while young that the plant is at all fit 



