OR, GLIMPSES BENEATH THE WATEES. 



in which they would inevitably have perished very 

 shortly but for the daily change of water, which, 

 previous to our knowledge of air-emitting plants 

 and their use, was absolutely necessary. 



But another experimentalist w^as now in the 

 field. Mr. Gosse, whose charming works upon 

 Aquaria and other subjects connected with natural 

 science, have, perhaps, made his name more widely 

 known than that of his predecessor, Mr. Warrington, 

 commenced a series of experiments on the subject 

 of the marine Aquarium, about the same time as the 

 last-named gentleman, in the beginning of January, 

 1852. His experiments were crowned with such 

 complete success that he was induced to put him- 

 self in communication with Mr. David Mitchell, the 

 enterprising Secretary of the Zoological Society, the 

 result of which was the removal of the collection 

 of Annelids and Zoophytes which Mr. Gosse had 

 formed, to the gardens of the Society in the Re- 

 gent's Park; where it formed the nucleus from 

 which has grown the magnificent series of Aquaria 

 in the building constructed specially for their 

 reception. These marine Aquaria at once became a 

 subject of public as well as private interest, and the 

 Aquarium house was so crowded daily with its curious 

 visitors, that it was difficult to get a glimpse of the 



