8 that' 



Tits vulgaris), 11 ; the crab (Can- 

 cer pagurus), 12 ; and many more. 



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There are also numerous Molluscs, 

 such as the oyster (Ostrea edulis), 

 13 ; the scallop (JPecten Jaco- 

 boeus), 14; the mussel (Mytilus 

 edulis), 15; the tvhelk (JBuccinum 



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undatum), 16. These are but a 

 few of the living forms that 

 people the mighty deep, which 

 teems with life. The waves and 

 ripples of the sea at times become 

 luminous with the phosphorescent 

 light of myriads of Medusa, and 



s it; 



the boatman's oar seems, in the 



t 



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darkness of night, to dip into 

 molten silver, 17. 



The ocean fields and plains, 

 like those of the earth, abound 

 with plants of various kinds. 

 Some of them grow to an extraor- 

 dinary size, while others are beau- 

 tiful in their minuteness. The red- 

 leaved delessaria (Delessaria san- 

 guinea), 18, displays its beautiful 



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crimson fronds, 19, which are as 

 thin as the most delicate silk ; 

 and the feathery shrub {Ftilota 

 plmnosa) 20, displays its smaller 

 leaves, arranged with perfect order 

 upon its slender stem. These are 

 the food of marine animals, as the 

 vegetables of the earth are of 

 terrestrial creatures. Shoals of 

 fishes make periodical migrations 

 to places where their particular 

 kinds of food abound. Count- 

 less multitudes of cod visit the 

 submarine mountains, on the 

 coasts of Newfoundland, to feed 

 upon the crustaceous and mol- 

 luscous animals that there abound 

 among the watery pastures j and 



