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Glaucus; Or, The Wonders of the Shore
·
Charles Kingsley
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That
is
the
commonest
of
all
the
Actiniæ
(Mesembryanthemum);
you
may
have
him
when
and
where
you
will:
but
if
you
will
search
those
rocks
somewhat
closer,
you
will
find
even
more
gorgeous
species
than
him.
See
in
that
pool
some
dozen
large
ones,
in
full
bloom,
and
quite
six
inches
across,
some
of
them.
If
their
cousins
whom
we
found
just
now
were
like
Chrysanthemums,
these
are
like
quilled
Dahlias.
Their
arms
are
stouter
and
shorter
in
proportion
than
those
of
the
last
species,
but
their
colour
is
equally
brilliant.
One
is
a
brilliant
blood-red;
another
a
delicate
sea-blue
striped
with
pink;
but
most
have
the
disc
and
the
innumerable
arms
striped
and
ringed
with
various
shades
of
grey
and
brown.
Shall
we
get
them?
By
all
means
if
we
can.
Touch
one.
Where
is
he
now?
Gone?
Vanished
into
air,
or
into
stone?
Not
quite.
You
see
that
knot
of
sand
and
broken
shell
lying
on
the
rock,
where
your
Dahlia
was
one
moment
ago.
Touch
it,
and
you
will
find
it
leathery
and
elastic.
That
is
all
which
remains
of
the
live
Dahlia.
Never
mind;
get
your
finger
into
the
crack
under
him,
work
him
gently
but
firmly
out,
and
take
him
home,
and
he
will
be
as
happy
and
as
gorgeous
as
ever
to-morrow.
Let
your
Actiniæ
stand
for
a
day
or
two
in
the
dish,
and
then,
picking
out
the
liveliest
and
handsomest,
detach
them
once
more
from
their
hold,
drop
them
into
your
vase,
right
them
with
a
bit
of
stick,
so
that
the
sucking
base
is
downwards,
and
leave
them
to
themselves
thenceforth.
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