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world also�察�from the fall of dynasties and the fate               of nations�察�to the sea´ 

weed which rots upon the beach。 

     It   may   seem   startling�察  �possibly   ��though   I   hope   not�察  �for   my   readers' 

sake�察�irreverent���察�to go back at once after such thoughts�察�be they                   true or 

false�察�to the weeds upon the cliff above our heads。                 But He      who is not 

here�察�but is risen�察�yet is here�察�and has appointed them                their services in a 

wonderful order�察�and I wish that on some day�察                �or on many days�察�when a 

quiet   sea   and   offshore   breezes   have      prevented   any   new   objects   from 

coming   to   land   with   the   rising   tide�察 �you   would   investigate   the   flowers 

peculiar   to   our   sea´rocks   and     sandhills。     Even   if   you   do   not   find   the 



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delicate lily´like      Trichonema of the Channel Islands and Dawlish�察�or the 

almost   as    beautiful   Squill   of   the   Cornish   cliffs�察  �or   the   sea´lavender   of 

North     Devon�察    �or  any   of   those   rare  Mediterranean       species    which    Mr。 

Johns has so charmingly described in his ;Week at the Lizard                     Point�察─�yet 

an average cliff�察�with its carpeting of pink thrift and              of bladder catchfly�察�

and Lady's finger�察�and elegant grasses�察�most                of them peculiar to the sea 

marge�察�is often a very lovely flower´ bed。 

     Not    merely     interesting�察   �too�察  �but   brilliant   in  their   vegetation     are 

sandhills�察  �and   the   seemingly  desolate   dykes   and   banks   of   salt      marshes 

will yield many a curious plant�察�which you may neglect if                   you will�此    �but 

lay  to   your   account   the   having   to   repent   your   neglect   hereafter�察  �when�察�

finding out too late what a pleasant study               botany is�察�you search in vain 

for curious forms over which you trod               every day in crossing flats which 

seemed to   you utterly  ugly and           uninteresting�察�but which the good   God 

was watching as carefully as            He did the pleasant hills inland�此          �perhaps 

even more carefully�察�for          the uplands He has completed�察�and handed over 

to man�察�that he may          dress and keep them�此         �but the tide´flats below are 

still   unfinished�察�dry land in the process of creation�察�to which every                  tide 

is   adding   the   elements   of   fertility�察  �which   shall   grow   food�察  �perhaps   in 

some future state of our planet�察�for generations yet              unborn。 

     But to return to the water´world�察�and to dredging�察�which of all                     sea´ 

side   pursuits   is   perhaps   the   most   pleasant�察  �combining   as   it     does   fine 

weather sailing with the discovery of new objects�察�to                which�察�after all�察�the 

waifs   and   strays   of   the   beach�察 �whether     ;flotsom  jetsom�察  �or   lagand�察─  �as 

the    old   Admiralty      laws    define    them�察    �are    few    and    poor。     I   say 

particularly   fine   weather   sailing�察  �for   a   swell�察  �which   makes   the   dredge 

leap along the bottom�察�instead of            scraping steadily�察�is as fatal to sport as 

it is to some people's        comfort。     But dredging�察�if you use a pleasure boat 

and   the   small    naturalist's   dredge�察  �is   an   amusement   in   which   ladies�察  �if 

they will�察    �may share�察�and which will increase�察�and not interfere with�察�the 

amusements of a water´party。 

     The   naturalist's   dredge�察    �of   which   Mr。    Gosse's   ;Aquarium;   gives        a 

detailed account�察�should differ from the common oyster dredge in                       being 

smaller�察�certainly not more than four feet across the mouth�察                   �and instead 



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of having but one iron scraping´lip like the oyster                dredge�察�it should have 

two�察  �one   above   and   one   below�察  �so   that   it    will   work   equally   well   on 

whichsoever side it falls�察�or how often              soever it may be turned over by 

rough     ground。     The     bag´net    should     be    of  strong    spunyarn�察    �or  ��still 

better��   of   hide   ;such   as   those   hides   of   the   wild   cattle   of   the   Pampas�察�

which   the   tobacconists       receive   from   South   America�察─  �cut   into   thongs�察�

and netted close。        It   should be loosely laced together with a thong at the 

tail edge in      order to be opened easily�察�when brought on board�察�without 

canting      the net   over�察 �and pouring   the   contents   roughly  out   through  the 

mouth。      The dragging´rope should be strong�察�and at least three                   times as 

long as the perpendicular depth of the water in which you                   are working�察�if�察�

indeed�察�there is much breeze�察�or any swell at all�察             �still more line should be 

veered   out。     The   inboard   end   should   be      made   fast   somewhere   in   the 

stern sheets�察�the dredge hove to            windward�察�the boat put before the wind�察�

and you may then amuse              yourself as you will for the next quarter of an 

hour�察�provided that        you have got ready various wide´mouthed bottles for 

the more      delicate monsters�察�and a couple of buckets�察�to receive the large 

lumps      of  oysters    and   serpulae    which     you   will   probably     bring   to  the 

surface。 

     As   for   a   dredging   ground�察  �one   may   be   found�察  �I   suppose�察  �off   every 

watering´place。        The most fertile spots are in rough ground�察�in not                 less 

than    five   fathoms    water。    The     deeper    the  water�察   �the  rarer   and    more 

interesting     will   the  animals     generally    be�此   �but    a  greater    depth     than 

fifteen fathoms is not easily reached on this side of                  Plymouth�察�and�察�on 

the   whole�察  �the   beginner   will   find   enough   in   seven     or   eight   fathoms   to 

stock   an   aquarium   rivalling   any   of   those   in      the   ;Tank´house;   at   the 

Zoological Gardens。 

     In general�察�the south coast of England�察�to the eastward of                     Portland�察�

affords     bad   dredging      ground。     The     friable   cliffs�察  �of   comparatively 

recent formations�察�keep the sea shallow�察�and the                bottom smooth and bare�察�

by  the   vast deposits   of sand and   gravel。           Yet   round the   Isle   of Wight�察�

especially at the back of the Needles�察            �there ought to be fertile spots�察�and 

Weymouth�察�according to Mr。              Gosse and other well´known naturalists�察�is 

a   very   garden     of  Nereus。       Torbay�察    �as  may    well    be  supposed�察    �is  an 



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admirable       dredging     spot�察   �perhaps     its  two    best   points   are   round    the 

isolated     Thatcher     and     Oare´rock�察      �and   from    the   mouth     of   Brixham 

harbour to Berry Head�察          �along which last line�察�for perhaps three hundred 

years�察  �the   decks     of   all   Brixham   trawlers   have   been   washed   down   ere 

running      into   harbour�察     �and   the   sea´bottom     thus    stored   with   treasures 

scraped up       from deeper water in every direction for miles and miles。 

     Hastings   is�察  �I   fear�察  �but   a   poor   spot   for   dredging。 Its   friable  cliffs 

and   strong   tides   produce   a   changeable   and   barren   sea´floor。           Yet   the 

immense quantities of Flustra thrown up after a storm                    indicate dredging 

ground at no great distance outside�察�its rocks�察                �uninteresting as they are 

compared with our Devonians�察�have yielded                    to the industry and science 

of   M。   Tumanowicz   a   vast   number   of   sea´   weeds   and   sponges。           Those 

three     curious    polypes�察    �Valkeria     cuscuta     ��Plate     I。  fig。  3���察  �Notamia 

Bursaria�察�and Serialaria Lendigera�察            �abound within tide´marks�察�and as the 

place is so much visited by            Londoners�察�it may be worth while to give a 

few hints as to what         might be done�察�by anyone whose curiosity has been 

excited by the       salt´water tanks of the Zoological Gardens and the Crystal 

Palace。 

     An   hour   or   two's   dredging   round   the   rocks   to   the   eastward�察  �would 

probably yield many delicate and brilliant little fishes�察�Gobies�察                    �brilliant 

Labri�察�blue�察�yellow�察 �and orange�察 �with tiny  rabbit mouths�察                  �and   powerful 

protruding   teeth�察  �pipe   fishes   ��Syngnathi��   ��25��   with         strange   snipe´bills 

��which      they    cannot     open��    and    snake´like     bodies�察     �small     cuttlefish 

��Sepiolae��   of   a   white   jelly   mottled   with   brilliant    metallic   hues�察  �with   a 

ring of suckered arms round their tiny              parrots' beaks�察�who�察�put into a jar�察�

will   hover   and   dart   in   the   water�察  �as   the   skylark   does   in   air�察  �by   rapid 

winnowings of their           glassy side´fins�察�while they watch you with bright 

lizard´eyes�察�the       whole animal being a combination of the vertebrate and 

the mollusc�察      �so utterly fantastic and abnormal�察�that ��had not the family 

been     amongst   the   commonest�察  �from   the   earliest   geological   epochs��   it 

would      have    seemed�察    �to   man's    deductive     intellect�察  �a   form    almost    as 

impossible   as   the   mermaid�察  �f

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