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I arranged with the proprietor for a private view, took 
my camera and a collodio-albumen plate, and obtained the 
photograph I now exhibit. The afternoon was very dull, 
and the plate would have done with a little longer exposure, 
but this along with the specimens I show, will give some 
idea of the strange appearance of this mass of creatures. 
This barnacle is of interest as being the one figured by 
Gerard as the young of the barnacle goose. As some of our 
members may not have seen the book and read the quaint 
description, I have brought my copy of Gerard’s Herbal for 
their amusement. 
I may just mention that another mass of barnacles was 
washed up at Lytham, and also one at Blackpool, the same 
day or the day following. I did not see either, but, from 
description, neither was so fine as the one I have described. 
This mass of barnacles was evidently just such a one as 
that seen by Gerard at the Pile of Foulders. It is rare to 
have such a specimen on our coasts. The sailors at Lytham 
had never seen anything like it, although some of them 
were old men who had spent all- their lives on the coast. 
