CHAPTER XVI. 
DISCOVERIES AMONG ZOOPHYTES, MOLLUSKS, AND 
FISHES. 
Ar the same time that Edward was occupied in searching 
out new species of crustaceans for Mr. Spence Bate and Mr. 
Norman, he was also collecting marine objects for other 
naturalists. He found numerous star-fish, zoophytes, mol- 
lusks, and sponges, which he sent to his naturalist corre- 
spondents to be named. 
Edward always endeavored to bring home the fishes, 
crustaceans, and other sea objects that he captured, alive; 
for the purpose of watching their manners and habits. He 
had always plenty of dishes in readiness, filled with sea-wa- 
ter—some having sand on the bottom, some mud, some bits 
of gravel, and others bits of rock—the latter being covered 
with Alge or Zoophytes. Into one of these vessels he 
would put his living specimens, in. order that he might 
watch and learn something of their various characteristics. 
Some of his observations were published in the Zoologist, 
and were regarded as highly interesting, many of them be- 
ing new to science. 
This could hardly have been otherwise, for it was his 
habit, first to observe, and then to kill. He never had any 
mercenary object in view in wandering about with his gun 
and his traps; he only desired to obtain knowledge; and 
what he observed he told as plainly and clearly as he could, 
without knowing whether his observations had been printed 
before or not. He only regretted that he had so little time 
