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ami pleasing impression. As tlie seine came slowly 
in, we used to notice, besides goodly fisli of tbe 
larger sort, cow-lislies and sea-scorpions, squids, 
cuttles, file-fishes, and long-clawed fiat-legged swim- 
mins: crabs. Crawling; on the rocks between tide 
marks, where the boulders are covered with soft 
green seaweed, or hiding in tlie fissures and furrows, 
were numbers of Peroiiia Tongana, looking like 
shell-less Chitons and veritable Pulmonifers living 
in the sea ! 
Not far from Tatiyama is a snug little harbour 
called Tago, in which arc numerous small coves, 
where one may escape from the prying inquisitive- 
ness of the people and collect specimens in peace. 
In all these small bays, sandstone rocks, clothed 
with stunted oaks and dwarf firs, rise abruptly 
from the shingle of the beach, and a few miles 
inland are green hills which tower up all around. 
Acrainst the water-worn rocks on the beach arc loose 
rounded stones, heaped up by the efforts of the ever 
restless tide. The yellow flowers of Hemerocallis, 
the red spotted turbans of the tiger-lily, a trailing 
