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Glaucus; Or, The Wonders of the Shore
·
Charles Kingsley
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At
the
bottom
of
the
rock
pools,
behind
St.
Leonard’s
baths,
may
be
found
hundreds
of
the
snipe’s
feather
Anemone
(Sagartia
troglodytes),
of
every
line;
from
the
common
brown
and
grey
snipe’s
feather
kind,
to
the
white-horned
Hesperus,
the
orange-horned
Aurora,
and
a
rich
lilac
and
crimson
variety,
which
does
not
seem
to
agree
with
either
the
Lilacinia
or
Rubicunda
of
Gosse.
A
more
beautiful
living
bouquet
could
hardly
be
seen,
than
might
be
made
of
the
varieties
of
this
single
species,
from
this
one
place.
On
the
outside
sands
between
the
end
of
the
Marina
and
the
Martello
tower,
you
may
find,
at
very
low
tides,
great
numbers
of
a
sand-tube,
about
three
inches
long,
standing
up
out
of
the
sand.
I
do
not
mean
the
tubes
of
the
Terebella,
so
common
in
all
sands,
which
are
somewhat
flexible,
and
have
their
upper
end
fringed
with
a
ragged
ring
of
sandy
arms:
those
I
speak
of
are
straight
and
stiff,
and
ending
in
a
point
upward.
Draw
them
out
of
the
sand—
they
will
offer
some
resistance—
and
put
them
into
a
vase
of
water;
you
will
see
the
worm
inside
expand
two
delicate
golden
combs,
just
like
old-fashioned
back-hair
combs,
of
a
metallic
lustre,
which
will
astonish
you.
With
these
combs
the
worm
seems
to
burrow
head
downward
into
the
sand;
but
whether
he
always
remains
in
that
attitude
I
cannot
say.
His
name
is
Pectinaria
Belgica.
He
is
an
Annelid,
or
true
worm,
connected
with
the
Serpulea
and
Sabellæ
of
which
I
have
spoken
already,
and
holds
himself
in
his
case
like
them,
by
hooks
and
bristles
set
on
each
ring
of
his
body.
In
confinement
he
will
probably
come
out
of
his
case
and
die;
when
you
may
dissect
him
at
your
leisure,
and
learn
a
great
deal
more
about
him
thereby
than
(I
am
sorry
to
say)
I
know.
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