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shelled, both univalve and bivalve; crabs, prawns 

 and shrimps ; -worms ; sponges ; sea-weeds ; all pre- 

 sented claims to notice ; and all contributed represen- 

 tatives to my stock, in the successive emptyings of the 

 dredge, for we worked pretty nearly all the way home. 

 And when we came to bring on shore the bottles, 

 jars, pans, pails, and tubs, we found them all well 

 tenanted with strange creatures, the greater part of 

 which were despatched on their way to London by 

 that same evening's Mail Train. 



The Plate on the opposite page represents a group 

 from the interior of an Aquarium. Over the stone in 

 front is. crawling the Eyed Gnhella. {Cribella oeulata), 

 while a specimen of the Bird's-foot Starfish fPalrni- 

 pes memhranaceus ) is mounting up the mass of bro- 

 ken rock behind. On the right of the picture is a 

 small frond of the much folded and crumpled Sea- 

 lettuce (TJlva latissimaj ; the pencilled plant of a 

 darker green that rises in the rear of the Ulva is 

 Gladophora rupestris ; while a tuft of Polysiphonia 

 urceolata springs from a crevice in the rock above 

 the Star-fishes. Almost all the species have been 

 already described in these pages. 



THE SEPIOLE. 



My notions of the Cephalopoda, derived from 

 figures of the various species in books, were anything 

 but agreeable. I thought of them as hideous, repul- 

 sive, fierce, atrocious creatures, hated and feared when- 

 ever seen. But an acquaintance with the pretty 

 Sepiola vulgaris has not a little modified these ideas ; 

 and its beauty, sprightliness, and curious habits have 



