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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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