XII CONTENTS. 



Grabs—" HermlU' " Habitations— Pugnacity of " Hermits"—" Hermits " changing 

 their Lodgings— Death of " Hermits '* — Fiddler Orab— The American Soldier Crab— 

 BSdlble Crab — Soft-shell Crabs — 'Die l.upa's mode of burying himself — Sea-spider 

 — King-crab — Effect of feeding Hogs on them — Lobster — Shrimp — lliiceinuin obsole- 

 tnm — Natica dnplieata — Pyrolft canal ien lata — Fusus cinereus— Crepiduhe — Oysters 

 — Anomia — Mussels — Clams — Scallops — The blue '' Kyes," jj| 



CHAPTER XIII. 



ZOOPHYTES, 



Scientific definition of a Zoophyte— Mr. Tugwell's definition— Classes of Zoophytes 

 — Hydraforms — Asteroids — Heliantlioids— Insensibility of Zoophytes to dissection— 

 Hydra viridis— Turning a Hydra inside-out — F.chinus— Starfish— Serpulo:— Appear, 

 ance of an Anetnone— Parts of an Anemone — Spike-cases — American species- 

 Actinia rapiformis — Actinia marginata— -Actinia dianthus — Rapacity of Anemones 

 —Anemones seizing Men— A. coriacie— A. dianthus— A. carneola — A. obtruncata 

 — A. sipunculoides — American species, 132 



CHAPTER XIV. 



GENERAL MANAGEMENT OK THE MARINE AQUARIUM. 



Feeding Fish— Fighting for Food— Crabs' mode of Eating— Hapacity of Minnows- 

 Overstocking— Hermit-crabs die first— Remedy for Overstocking-Scavengers— 

 Aerating the Water— Fountain— Net— Filtering the Water— Artificial Sea Water- 

 Amount of Hants necessary— Opacity of the Water at certain seasons— Remedy— 

 Evaporation, 1x4 



CHAPTER XV. 



COLLKCT1NO OliJKCTS TO STOCK TIIK AQUARIUM. 



Advantage of collecting Objects to stock an Aquarium for yoursclf-Soa-side 

 Equipment— A Visit to Hurlgate— The Tides— Danger of treading on the Fucus— 

 Crabs under stones— Barnacles troublesome to Naturalists— liotryllus— Eolis— 

 Bolls not a Nudibranchiate— First Hock-pool— Anemones— Sertulari;e— Multiplicity 

 of Life in the Ocean— Corkscrew Coralline— Uird's-head process— A mile of Star- 

 fish— Tho Whelk— Fresh-water Stock— Visit to Union Hill— Anacharis Canadensis 

 on New York Inland- Sunfiah, etc., 153 



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Page 70, third line from bottom, for cypryni* read cyprynus. 

 " 79, second " " " " /'. exdentus read P. esracutu*. 



10!', ninth " " " " chondrus crhpus read oytiOOlOflUum. 



[ purjiurascens. 



" 110, tenth " " " " T.ta&baoaHarw&r.tabbaeario. 



