38 THE OCEAN. ie 
to be met with, hollowed out of the rocks on the 
shores of our country, which are within reach of 
the tide, and the water of which is kept sweet and 
Marine Enromostraca (Cythere albo-maculata and Cyclops chelifer). 
wholesome by being thus changed twice during 
every twenty-four hours. In such delightful little 
ponds, clear as crystal when left undisturbed by the 
receding tide, these interesting little creatures may 
be found often in great numbers, sporting about 
amongst the conferve and corallines which so 
elegantly and fancifully fringe their edges and de- 
corate their sides, and which form such a glorious 
subaqueous forest for myriads of living creatures 
to disport themselves in. Sheltered amongst the 
“umbrageous multitude” of stems and branches, 
and nestling in security in their forest glades, they 
are safe from the fury of the advancing tide, though 
lashed up to thunder by the opposing rocks which 
for a moment check its advance; and weak and 
powerless though such pigmies seem to be, they 
are yet found as numerous and active in their 
little wells, after the shores have been desolated 
