OKIGIN OF BEEmCLE-GOOSB, 163 



are found the broken pieces of old and bruised 

 ships, some whereof have been cast thither by 

 shipwracke, and also the trunks and bodies with 

 the branches of old and rotten trees, cast up there 

 likewise; wherein is found a certain spume or 

 froth, that in time breedeth into certaine shels, 

 in shape like those of the muskle, but sharper 

 pointed, and of a whitish colour ; one end whereof 

 is fastened into the inside of the shell, even as 

 the fish of oisters and muskles, the other end is 

 made fast into the belly of a rude masse or 

 lumpe, which in time commeth to the shape and 

 form of a bird : when it is perfectly formed the 

 shell gapeth open, and the first thing that 

 appeareth is the aforesaid lace or string; next 

 come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it 

 groweth greater it openeth the shell by degrees, 

 till at length it is all come forth and hangeth 

 only by the bill : in short space after it commeth 

 to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where 

 it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowle." 



The anatomy of this barnacle is curious, and 

 will repay examination. The shell should be 

 removed, and the animal carefully displayed with 

 the assistance of a pair of scissors and a needle 

 or two : all dissections of small animals should 

 be made under water ; or if the dissected creature 

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