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Glaucus; Or, The Wonders of the Shore
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Charles Kingsley
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Handle
them
not,
meanwhile,
too
roughly,
lest,
whether
modesty
or
in
anger,
they
begin
a
desperate
course
of
gradual
suicide,
and,
breaking
off
arm
after
arm
piecemeal,
fling
them
indignantly
at
their
tormentor.
Along
with
these
you
will
certainly
obtain
a
few
of
that
fine
bivalve,
the
great
Scallop,
which
you
have
seen
lying
on
every
fishmonger’s
counter
in
Hastings.
Of
these
you
must
pick
out
those
which
seem
dirtiest
and
most
overgrown
with
parasites,
and
place
them
carefully
in
a
jar
of
salt
water,
where
they
may
not
be
rubbed;
for
they
are
worth
your
examination,
not
merely
for
the
sake
of
that
ring
of
gem-like
eyes
which
borders
their
“cloak,”
lying
along
the
extreme
out
edge
of
the
shell
as
the
valves
are
half
open,
but
for
the
sake
of
the
parasites
outside:
corallines
of
exquisite
delicacy,
Plumulariæ
and
Sertulariæ,
dead
men’s
hands
(Alcyonia),
lumps
of
white
or
orange
jelly,
which
will
protrude
a
thousand
star-like
polypes,
and
the
Tubularia
indivisa,
twisted
tubes
of
fine
straw,
which
ought
already
to
have
puzzled
you;
for
you
may
pick
them
up
in
considerable
masses
on
the
Hastings
beach
after
a
south-west
gale,
and
think
long
over
them
before
you
determine
whether
the
oat-like
stems
and
spongy
roots
belong
to
an
animal,
or
a
vegetable.
Animals
they
are,
nevertheless,
though
even
now
you
will
hardly
guess
the
fact,
when
you
see
at
the
mouth
of
each
tube
a
little
scarlet
flower,
connected
with
the
pink
pulp
which
fills
the
tube.
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