CONTENTS. XI, 



of the Madrepore to Light —Experiments in feeding them — 

 Sense of Taste — Reproduction of Parts — The Frilled Bands 

 — Their Use — Their Structure — Thread- Capsules — Singular 

 Forms of these Organs — The Madrepore easily preserved 

 alive. 101 



CHAPTER VI. 



A Walk to Hele— Bird's-eye View of the Harbour— Quay Fields 

 — Lion Rock — Hele Strand — A threatened Shipwreck — Eu- 

 cratea — Description — Mode of Growth — Form of the Cell — 

 Structure of the Polype— Tentacles — Digestive System — Mus- 

 cular Bands — Evanescence of the radiate Character — ^Root- 

 Thread — Snake-head Coralline — Frill — Vermicular Organs — 

 Door and Hinge — Ciliated Cellularia — Cells — Spines — Birds* 

 Heads — Their Motions — Slimy Laomedea — Structure of a 

 Sertularian Zoophyte — Its Contraction — Marginal Folds of 

 the Cell — Researches in Gastronomy — Anemones cooked — 

 Eaten — Commended — Best mode of preparing them — Anthea 

 tried. 128 



CHAPTER VII. 



Charm of the Sea-side — Watching the receding Tide — The Lion 

 Rock — Approach of Evening — Its Accompaniments— The 

 Warty Cycloum — Harvey's Syrinx — Capstone Hill — Its Pro- 

 menade — Precipitous Walks — Noble Prospects — Sunset — 

 Bird's-eye View— The Welsh Coast — Flowers — The Summit 

 — Inland View — Seaward Rocks — Wildersmouth — A fatal 

 Accident — The Gemmed Anemone — Description — Habits — 

 Production of the Young — Sea-Spider — Black Sand -worm — 

 A second Visit to Watermouth — Flowers — A Crab at Home 

 — A walk to Lee— Beautiful Valley— Character of the Cove 

 — Stone-turning — The Worm Pipe-fish— Its Form and 

 Colours — Manners in Captivity — Intelligence — Appearance 

 of Disease — Surgical Aid — Difficulties of Microscopical 

 Sketching. 154 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Rock-pools — Their Abundance — Southey's Description — Its truth 

 to Nature — Their Loveliness — Chondrus — Its brilliant Reflec- 



