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glaucus-or the wonders of the shore(鯉斥互帽)-及22何蛍
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uniform察 who is so invariably to be seen in a particular central seat in
this section拭 That察gentle reader察is perhaps one of the most interesting
men who attend the British Association。 He is only a private in the
mounted guard preventive service at an obscure part of the Cornwall
coast察 with four shillings a day察 and a wife and nine children察 most of
whose education he has himself to conduct。 He never tastes the
luxuries which are so common in the middle ranks of life察 and even
amongst a large portion of the working classes。 He has to mend with
his own hands every sort of thing that can break or wear in his house。
Yet Mr。 Peach is a votary of Natural History察not a student of the science
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in books察 for he cannot afford books察 but an investigator by sea and
shore察a collector of Zoophytes and Echinodermata ´ strange creatures察
many of which are as yet hardly known to man。 These he collects察
preserves察and describes察and every year does he come up to the British
Association with a few novelties of this kind察 accompanied by
illustrative papers and drawings此 thus察 under circumstances the very
opposite of those of such men as Lord Enniskillen察 adding察 in like
manner察to the general stock of knowledge。 On the present occasion he
is unusually elated察for he has made the discovery of a Holothuria with
twenty tentacula察a species of the Echinodermata which Professor Forbes察
in his book on Star´Fishes察has said was never yet observed in the British
seas。 It may be of small moment to you察who察mayhap察know nothing
of Holothurias此 but it is a considerable thing to the Fauna of Britain察
and a vast matter to a poor private of the Cornwall mounted guard。
And accordingly he will go home in a few days察full of the glory of his
exhibition察 and strong anew by the kind notice taken of him by the
masters of the science察 to similar inquiries察 difficult as it may be to
prosecute them察 under such a complication of duties察 professional and
domestic。 Honest Peach humble as is thy home察 and simple thy
bearing察 thou art an honour even to this assemblage of nobles and
doctors此 nay察 more察when we consider everything察thou art an honour
to human nature itself察 for where is the heroism like that of virtuous察
intelligent察 independent poverty拭 And such heroism is thine ─
CHAMBERS' EDIN。 JOURN。察Nov。 23察1844。
Mr。 Peach has been since rewarded in part for his long labours in the
cause of science察 by having been removed to a more lucrative post on
the north coast of Scotland察the earnest察it is to be hoped察of still further
promotion。
I mentioned just now Synapta察 or察 as Montagu called it察 Chirodota此
a much better name察and察I think察very uselessly changed察for Chirodota
expresses the peculiarity of the beast察which consists in ´ start not察reader
´ twelve hands察 like human hands察 while Synapta expresses merely its
power of clinging to the fingers察 which it possesses in common with
many other animals。 It is察at least察a beast worth talking about察as for
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finding one察I fear that we have no chance of such good fortune。
Colonel Montagu found them here some forty years ago察 and after
him察Mr。 Alder察in 1845。 I found hundreds of them察but only once察 in
1854 after a heavy south´eastern gale察 washed up among the great
Lutrariae in a cove near Goodrington察but all my dredging outside failed
to procure a specimen ´ Mr。 Alder察however察and Mr。 Cocks who find
everything察and will at last certainly catch Midgard察the great sea´serpent察
as Thor did察by baiting for him with a bull's head察have dredged them in
great numbers察the former察at Helford in Cornwall察the latter on the west
coast of Scotland。 It seems察 however察 to be a southern monster察
probably a remnant察 like the great cockle察 of the Mediterranean fauna察
for Mr。 MacAndrew finds them plentifully in Vigo Bay察and J。 M l ler
in the Adriatic察off Trieste。
But what is it like拭 Conceive a very fat short earth´worm察 not
ringed察 though察 like the earth´worm察 but smooth and glossy察 dappled
with darker spots察especially on one side察which may be the upper one。
Put round its mouth twelve little arms察on each a hand with four ragged
fingers察and on the back of the hand a stump of a thumb察and you have
Synapta Digitata Plates IV。 and V。察 from my drawings of the live
animal。 These hands it puts down to its mouth察generally in alternate
pairs察 but how it obtains its food by them is yet a mystery察 for its
intestines are filled察like an earth´worm's察with the mud in which it lives察
and from which it probably extracts as does the earth´worm all organic
matters。
You will find it stick to your fingers by the whole skin察causing察 if
your hand be delicate察a tingling sensation察and if you examine the skin
under the microscope察 you will find the cause。 The whole skin is
studded with minute glass anchors察some hanging freely from the surface察
but most imbedded in the skin。 Each of these anchors is jointed at its
root into one end of a curious cribriform plate察 in plain English察 one
pierced like a sieve察which lies under the skin察and reminds one of the
similar plates in the skin of the White Cucumaria察which I will show you
presently察and both of these we must re
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