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Specially abundant was the lovely Amarecium proliferum, its 
rich scarlet and orange-coloured strawberry-like masses being 
conspicuous. Leptoclinum gelatinosum, in jelly-like masses, was 
also there. The well-marked stellate Botryllus, of several species, 
in some instances measuring several inches across, of yellowish 
gray crust and bluish systems, was represented, as also the less 
distinctly marked Botrylloides, irregular and ramifying in different 
species from white to purple. There were many species of Ascidia, 
some in transparent pale green masses, and some in currant-like 
masses. Mr. Norman also informs me that these caves are the 
typical locality for Thylacium Normani, but I do not remember to 
have met with it. 
The ormer or ear-shell, or, locally, ormond (Haliotis tuberculata), 
is a specialité of the Channel Islands, and is found, but not very 
abundantly, in these caves, neither are the specimens large. It must 
be seen alive to be appreciated: its handsome mother-of-pearl 
shell is really rivalled in beauty, as Mr. Gwyn Jeffreys justly 
remarks, by the animal itself, whose mottled body,—where brown, 
green and white blend agreeably together,—and broad salmon- 
coloured sole ornamented with fringe-like green tentacula, render it 
an exquisite object. We had some served at the hotel where we 
stayed (uot of our own procuring, I am happy to say, for I think 
the legislature ought to interdict, at certain times, the taking of 
this glorious mollusk), but they were not very palatable, tasting 
like a compound of turnips and tough veal cutlet. Prof. Ansted 
states that “the shells were at one time largely exported to 
Birmingham, to be worked into the papier maché manufactures of 
that town. The iridescent nacre of the shell was used in this way, 
but seems now not to be required.” My friend Mr. Edward 
Hodson (of the firm of M‘Callum and Hodson, papier maché 
manufacturers) writes me, in reply to an enquiry on the above 
subject, “that the ormer is still used for inlaying purposes, but the 
Japan shell—a much larger shell than the ormer, and of a silvery 
shade—has taken its place.” 
In one of the pools left by the receding tide, in the vestibule, 
I found a specimen of the poulpe (Octopus vulgaris)—or pieuvre, 
as I believe it is sometimes termed in the island. The creature 
was moving briskly along over some stones, and in this position 
I captured him by the dorsal part, without giving him an oppor- 
tunity to grasp my hand. Immediately he became aware of my 
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