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Glaucus; Or, The Wonders of the Shore
·
Charles Kingsley
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Go
down
at
low
spring-tide
to
the
nearest
ledge
of
rocks,
and
with
a
hammer
and
chisel
chip
off
a
few
pieces
of
stone
covered
with
growing
sea-weed.
Avoid
the
common
and
coarser
kinds
(fuci)
which
cover
the
surface
of
the
rocks;
for
they
give
out
under
water
a
slime
which
will
foul
your
tank:
but
choose
the
more
delicate
species
which
fringe
the
edges
of
every
pool
at
low-water
mark;
the
pink
coralline,
the
dark
purple
ragged
dulse
(Rhodymenia),
the
Carrageen
moss
(Chondrus),
and
above
all,
the
commonest
of
all,
the
delicate
green
Ulva,
which
you
will
see
growing
everywhere
in
wrinkled
fan-shaped
sheets,
as
thin
as
the
finest
silver-paper.
The
smallest
bits
of
stone
are
sufficient,
provided
the
sea-weeds
have
hold
of
them;
for
they
have
no
real
roots,
but
adhere
by
a
small
disc,
deriving
no
nourishment
from
the
rock,
but
only
from
the
water.
Take
care,
meanwhile,
that
there
be
as
little
as
possible
on
the
stone,
beside
the
weed
itself.
Especially
scrape
off
any
small
sponges,
and
see
that
no
worms
have
made
their
twining
tubes
of
sand
among
the
weed-stems;
if
they
have,
drag
them
out;
for
they
will
surely
die,
and
as
surely
spoil
all
by
sulphuretted
hydrogen,
blackness,
and
evil
smells.
Put
your
weeds
into
your
tank,
and
settle
them
at
the
bottom;
which
last,
some
say,
should
be
covered
with
a
layer
of
pebbles:
but
let
the
beginner
leave
it
as
bare
as
possible;
for
the
pebbles
only
tempt
cross-grained
annelids
to
crawl
under
them,
die,
and
spoil
all
by
decaying:
whereas
if
the
bottom
of
the
vase
is
bare,
you
can
see
a
sickly
or
dead
inhabitant
at
once,
and
take
him
out
(which
you
must
do)
instantly.
Let
your
weeds
stand
quietly
in
the
vase
a
day
or
two
before
you
put
in
any
live
animals;
and
even
then,
do
not
put
any
in
if
the
water
does
not
appear
perfectly
clear:
but
lift
out
the
weeds,
and
renew
the
water
ere
you
replace
them.
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