Hick: A Ramble in the Isle of Lindisfarne. 215 
At present anyone who wishes can fall down them 
eiehiout the smallest difficulty—a dark night would be quite 
sufficient! I found some fine specimens of the Hyoscyamus 
niger, the plant over 3 feet high, and the flower spikes 
15 inches long. Stem, branches and capsules, bleached 
white. I found two specimens of the Pipe Fish, evidently 
thrown out from some boats. They reminded me of the dear 
little sea-horses of which I am so fond! Among the rocks 
near Emmanuel Point my real search began. 1 chose out 
a small pool with several moderate-sized stones, and proceeded 
and devastation behind us in he Saee ocean homes? What 
a wealth of animal life was beneath these stones! Beautiful 
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rolled themselves into light little balls, were fastened to the 
rocks. Errant Annelides, such as the umnice, with their 
prismatic hues, slowly crawled on the sand. o my delight 
I found two fluffy bluey-white things, covered with mud, 
which after careful washing turned out to be the long-sought- 
for sea-mice. Beautiful Aphrodite, with your little hair prisms 
and rainbow hues! O that I could have preserved you in 
spirit, but alas! the island possessed none. Under a stone, 
With periwinkles, anemones, and limpets, which only a sharp 
blow could saponin bi I found the Cirrhatulus which | thought 
was a mass of small red worms till I had taken it from its 
rocky home. A group of little jelly hillocks threw small jets 
of water into my face. icked little sea squirts! A curious 
What could it be? Four legs | on each side joined together 
in the middle, to all appearance minus a body. I found 
€ was a mite with a name double his size, Pycnogonum 
dittorale. Walking away as fast as their arms could carry 
em, were some little brittle Star Fish. I took them very 
carefully between my tweezers by their central discs, for had 
not once spoilt some perfect specimens by touching their 
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