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COROPHIIDiE. 
rect, there is but a single branch, terminating in a double 
hook. 
This genus appears to be a northern form, and one 
which has not been very frequently observed. The 
animals dwell in tube-like nests, apparently open only 
at one end, and generally of a very cylindrical form. 
The inhabitants correspond in form with their abodes, 
the legs being short and furnished with sharp minute 
fingers which enable them to progress or retire within 
their dwellings. 
The following vignette represents some Welsh girls 
picking cockles olf the pier-head at Swansea. 
GIRLS PICKING COCKLES. 
