436 CONCLUSION. 



Valkeria cuscuta. — Hele ; on small Algce. 



jmstulosa. — Barricane ; in a deep pool. 

 Bowerhankia densa. — Wildersmouth ; on a small 

 Alga. 



Pedicellina eckinata. — Smallmouth . 



Belgica. — Tunnel ; Hele ; on Algcs, and on 

 rocks. 



gracilis. — Capstone ; on Corallines. 



And here ends the record of a delightful season 

 spent on the Coast of Devon. I suppose it would be 

 quite superfluous to assure my readers that it was 

 delightful, that the whole of the nine months, ill 

 health notwithstanding, was one continuous, un- 

 flagging holiday. I wish that the perusal of these 

 pages may awaken in any, even a few, of my 

 readers, a relish for similar pursuits, and induce 

 them to drink of this ever flowing stream of pure 

 water. 



It has indeed been delightful to read page after 

 page of God's book of nature ; and though I am con- 

 scious that the study has not been, so much as it 

 might, a pathway to Himself, yet the impress on all 

 of His hand, who is our Father and our Saviour, has 

 added a keener edge to the enjoyment. It is sweet 

 (to use the words of a dear friend,) to feel no stranger 

 to the great Architect, to feel the friendship of a 

 blood-redeemed and reconciled sinner with that glo- 

 rious Being, the Maker and Sustainer of all things ; 

 to be able to come into his presence, to speak to Him, 

 to anticipate a yet far deeper acquaintance witli Him, 



