108 
ANIMAL LIFE ON THE 
out the larger pieces of slag, cinders, and other rubbish, 
including an old shoe. Taking a passing glance of the 
inside of the latter before throwing it away, we discover, 
snugly ensconsed near the toe of the wrinkled interior, a fine 
specimen of the spiky scallop or pecten — a curious reposi- 
tory for such a treasure. This is the first deposit for our 
preserving bucket of sea-water. Amongst the smutty gravel 
we next pick up the pelican's foot, a name derived from 
the resemblance the creature's shell has to the broad web- 
foot of the water-fowl of that name. Then comes its 
neighbour, the graceful wentletrap, with its beautiful shell 
tapering to a point in twelve finely -rounded swells, and 
running away as evenly and proportionately as though done 
by an accurately prepared chasing tool or comb. In the 
midst of the debris we pick up the hula lignaria, a mollusc 
that protrudes its soft, milk-white body out of a beautiful 
fragile shell, which is capable of covering only about a 
fourth of the sluggish creature. These are the contents of 
this drag ; and now for a third. 
With a repetition of our former tactics we soon have 
the dredge on board again, when amongst a number of fine 
starfish we lay hold of a beautiful specimen of the portunus 
puber, a crab better known by the name of the velvet 
fiddler. Fortunate we are this time, for here we have a 
fine prize in the delicate but beautiful lima Mans, and a 
number of cloak anemones, with their ever-accompanying 
hermit crab. But, strange to say, here is a cloak without 
the crab. Where is the little rascal 1 Ha ! here he is beneath 
those blades of sloke. He has actually deserted his com- 
panion in the hour of trouble in the hope of escaping 
himself ; but we will see by-and-by if he does not recognise 
his old friend. Homeward we noAv steer our course, and 
deposit these specimens in our tank for future study. 
