SPIRJL SERPULIE, &c. 
V a reprefentation of thefe complex affemblages of marine productions, which 
are found together on feledt pieces of alga, fome idea is communicated of the 
r- varying entertainment, which may be derived, from examining the endlefs di- 
r tty of ways in which life operates among them. 
Th 
r etre C Uncommon m °des of exigence, which aftuate animated being in the deep 
tra ^_ ats °f the ocean, impart fenfations of furprife and pleafure, which virtually at- 
hcul ° Ur not * ce anc ^ conciliate a livelier intereft in the minuteft detail of par- 
tj Cu j ars in their hiftory. From the nature of the refearch that leads to thefe par- 
ars j the whole, for ages, can be but partially known, 
°f a h a i & c - exhibited in the plate, there are four feveral fubiefts 
Ich merit attention.- 
a ^*j n Tlle S P iral Serpula wherewith it is ftudded (fpecified Br. Zod. vol. IV. p. 127) 
fixed 6 ten<aer ^hell, wreathed like the cornu ammonis, found always immoveably 
W eec j J 0a vari ous ihells and cruftacea, as well as adhering to feveral kinds of fea- 
^iddj hiells, reprefented in their natural fize on the leaf which occupies the 
*hew n e - Part the P Iate > are highly magnified at A. A. A. where feveral forms are 
ttlOfe f T tlie terrei>eI1 ^ their inhabitants, ilfue from the fpiral cells. B. is a 
haij n . U * ant ^ perfeft view of the elegant organ which is its chief inftrument for in- 
nour ^ ment J than could eafily be exhibited in a general delineation of the 
kerned one °f thefe was under infpeftion with the aquatic microfcope, it 
•hated t0 Pl ^° Ur un< ^ er fome oppreflion, and after feveral throes, a number of ani- 
Ver ail ^ ar ' ac ^ es ^ a tadpole form, as a. a. a. came forth from among its rays ; fe- 
feer ned 3nd fl ° W , cle S reeS} <-lifengaging themfelves from a vifcous fubftance, which 
the retard their progrefsj but foon were feen with great vivacity fporting in 
tier j n et '‘. ^ ,0 P art °f natural hiftory is more involved in obfcurity than the man- 
way ^ lch f everal kinds of Buckies produce their young. Perhaps the above 
9 t lib ert VC beCn t!lC llvin § offs P r i n g of the Spiral SerpuU, which, after being awhile 
Ca Paci tv y f° cIaooi ' e a P r0 P er place of refidence, may be endowed by nature with a 
tat e fvl 0l ** 0rm * n g and fixing the lhell, fo needful to protect the tender and deli- 
vttem 
So m 0 ? t ^ er ^tng obfervable on thefe fhores, may be here remarked ; that at the 
4t titd at ? ^ le Pools, frequented by the buccinum ore rotundo, there are found little 
e 8g s j as at f. f. f. with a -circl 
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e m of- their organization. 
circle of active tentacula ifiuing from the top, 
which • 
