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neither have I ever seen any individual with ova, though 
this may perhaps be accounted for, from the specimens 
which I have examined being chiefly dissected in the 
winter months. 
These little creatures are chiefly to be found in sea- 
water, and may be met with in all the little pools among 
the rocks on the seashore. They live among the Fuci and 
Confervse, &c., which are to be found in such pools ; and 
the naturalist may especially find them in abundance in 
those beautiful, clear, little, round wells which are so 
frequently to be met with, hollowed out of the rocks of 
the seashore, which are within reach of the tide, and the 
water of which is kept sweet and wholesome, by being 
thus changed twice during every twenty-four hours. In 
such delightful pools, clear as crystal, when left undis- 
turbed by the receding tide, these interesting animals may 
be found, often in great numbers, sporting about amongst 
the Confervse and Corallines, which so elegantly and fanci- 
fully fringe their edges and decorate their sides, and 
which form such a glorious subaqueous forest for myriads 
of living creatures to disport themselves in. Sheltered 
amongst the “ umbrageous multitude” of stems and 
branches, and nestling in security in their forest glades, 
they are safe from the ravages of the advancing tide, though 
lashed up to fury by the opposing rocks which for a 
moment check its advance; and weak and powerless though 
such pigmies seem to be, they are yet found as numerous 
and active in their little wells, after the shores have been 
desolated by the mighty force of the tide, which has been 
driven in in thunder by the power of a fierce tempest, as 
when the waves have rolled gently and calmly to the shore 
in their sweetest murmurs. Hitherto they have been 
found very sparingly in fresh water, two species only 
having been noticed. 
These animals have never been seen to swim, invariably 
walking among the branches or leaves of the Confervae or 
Fuci, &c., where they delight to dwell. When shook out 
from their hiding-places into a bottle or tumbler of water, 
