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Glaucus; Or, The Wonders of the Shore
·
Charles Kingsley
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The
naturalist’s
dredge,
of
which
Mr.
Gosse’s
“Aquarium”
gives
a
detailed
account,
should
differ
from
the
common
oyster
dredge
in
being
smaller;
certainly
not
more
than
four
feet
across
the
mouth;
and
instead
of
having
but
one
iron
scraping-lip
like
the
oyster
dredge,
it
should
have
two,
one
above
and
one
below,
so
that
it
will
work
equally
well
on
whichsoever
side
it
falls,
or
how
often
soever
it
may
be
turned
over
by
rough
ground.
The
bag-net
should
be
of
strong
spunyarn,
or
(still
better)
of
hide
“such
as
those
hides
of
the
wild
cattle
of
the
Pampas,
which
the
tobacconists
receive
from
South
America,”
cut
into
thongs,
and
netted
close.
It
should
be
loosely
laced
together
with
a
thong
at
the
tail
edge
in
order
to
be
opened
easily,
when
brought
on
board,
without
canting
the
net
over,
and
pouring
the
contents
roughly
out
through
the
mouth.
The
dragging-rope
should
be
strong,
and
at
least
three
times
as
long
as
the
perpendicular
depth
of
the
water
in
which
you
are
working;
if,
indeed,
there
is
much
breeze,
or
any
swell
at
all,
still
more
line
should
be
veered
out.
The
inboard
end
should
be
made
fast
somewhere
in
the
stern
sheets,
the
dredge
hove
to
windward,
the
boat
put
before
the
wind;
and
you
may
then
amuse
yourself
as
you
will
for
the
next
quarter
of
an
hour,
provided
that
you
have
got
ready
various
wide-mouthed
bottles
for
the
more
delicate
monsters,
and
a
couple
of
buckets,
to
receive
the
large
lumps
of
oysters
and
serpulæ
which
you
will
probably
bring
to
the
surface.
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