CONTENTS. XV. 



Chivalrous Self-sacrifice — The Tunnels — Crewkhorne Cavern 

 —The Torr Cliffs— Precipitous Path— Torr Point— Solitude— 

 The Scarlet and Gold Madrepore — Scene of its Discovery — 

 Description of the Species — Its Microscopical Structure — The 

 Stony Skeleton — Thread -Capsules of Actinia — The Club- 

 bearing Medusa — Entanglement of Air — Structure of the 

 Tentacles— The Eyes. 389 



CHAPTER XVII. 



Various Effects of Light on Scenery — Ode to Light — The Sabella 

 — Its Tube — Its Crown of Plumes — Patal Attack — Discovery 

 of more Specimens — Laborious Mode of Procuring them — 

 The Young — Reproduction of the Crown — The Corynactis — 

 A low Spring-tide — The Tunnel Rocks — Discovery of the 

 Species — Its Form, Structure, and Colours — Manner of taking 

 Food — ^Thread- Capsules — Their elaborate Structure — Propul- 

 sion of the Thread — Identification of the Species — The Pur- 

 ple-spotted Anemone — Its Locality and Manners — Its Form 

 and Colours — Thread- Capsules — Nature of these Organs — 

 Systematic List of Zoophytes — Conclusion. 412 



APPENDIX. 



Marine Vivaria — Facts Established — Ozone— Its Mode of Action 

 — Application of Principles — Aquaria in the Zoological Gar- 

 dens — Parlour Aquarium. 439 



