154 GLAUCUS; OE, 



Pectinaria Belgica. He is an Annelid, or true 

 worm, connected with the Serpulse and Sabellae 

 of whicli I have spoken ah^eady, and holds him- 

 self in his case like them, by hooks and bristles 

 set on each ring of his body. In confinement he 

 will probably come out of his case and die ; when 

 you may dissect him at your leisure, and learn a 

 great deal more about him thereby than (I am sorry 

 to say) I know. 



But if you have courage to run out fifteen or 

 twenty miles to the Diamond, you may find really 

 rare and valuable animals. There is a risk, of course, 

 of being blown over to the coast of France, by a 

 change of wind ; there is a risk also of not being 

 able to land at night on the inhospitable Hastings 

 beach, and of sleeping, as best you can, on board : 

 but in the long days and settled fine weather of 

 summer, the trip, in a stout boat, ought to be a safe 

 and a pleasant one. 



On the Diamond you will find many, or most of 

 those gay creatures which attract your eye in the 

 central row of tanks at the Zoological Gardens : great 



