92 THE GOBLET LUCESNARIA. 



the offending substance, conceals its points and 

 roughnesses, and in process of time, becomes round 

 by the addition of successive coats of pearl. 



May not the Christian learn the happy art of con- 

 verting every " thorn in the flesh" into a pearl for 

 his heavenly diadem ? " For these light afflictions, 

 which are but for a moment, work out for us a far 

 more exceeding and eternal weight of glory." 



THE GOBLET LUCEENARIA. 



The shore of the Bay known by the name of Bel- 

 mont, curving between the Nothe and Byng-Cliff, 

 consists of a series of low ledges almost horizontal, 

 running east and west, with a very gentle dip to the 

 southward. They are for the most part densely co- 

 vered with a matted drapery of Fucus serratus and 

 canaliculatus, which hangs over the northern edges, 

 and conceals the narrow clefts that traverse them. If 

 we go at low water as far down as we can reach, and lift 

 the heavy masses from the ledges, and from the clefts, 

 we shall find them no unprofitable hunting ground. 

 Many kinds of delicate sea-weeds grow under the 

 shadow of the coarse olive Fuci, and among them 

 crawl many Nudibranch MoUusca and other interest- 

 ing creatures. 



It was here that I met with the Goblet Lucernaria 

 (Z. cyalhiformis) , apparently a rare species, since it 

 seems to have been seen by only two observers, the 

 Norwegian zoologist Sars, who first described it, and 

 Dr. Landsborough, who gave it a place in the British 

 Fauna, by finding it on the coast of Arran. Dr. 

 Johnston has given in his British Zoophytes, p. 475, 



