144 SEA-WEEDS. 



from two Greek words, signifying a bright or 

 shining leaf, as most of the species seem, when 

 dried, as if varnished. 



It is in summer and autumn that we find the 

 greater number of our sea-weeds, but the Carra- 

 geen moss hangs about our rocks, or grows in 

 handsome tufts on the tangle, very early in the 



year; and there is no part of our shores where 

 rocks are to be found on which it is uncommon. 

 Often when a walk on the beach is scarcely 

 possible because of the raging winds, and the 



