. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. THE BURROWING BARNACLE. 649 thcir companions The bunches of Parrot-beaked Barnacles b^ar a .lecidcd resemblance to til.' strange cacti whose leaves are set so oddly npon each otiier This Barnacle is gathered or rather hewn'from the rocks in large quantities, and exported o Valparaiso and other places where it is held in high estimation as a delicacy fur tlie table It is generally boiled, and eaten cold, like the common ,<nib, and is said to rosomh
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. THE BURROWING BARNACLE. 649 thcir companions The bunches of Parrot-beaked Barnacles b^ar a .lecidcd resemblance to til.' strange cacti whose leaves are set so oddly npon each otiier This Barnacle is gathered or rather hewn'from the rocks in large quantities, and exported o Valparaiso and other places where it is held in high estimation as a delicacy fur tlie table It is generally boiled, and eaten cold, like the common ,<nib, and is said to rosomh e hat crustacean in general flavour. It is a South American species, and is found ,nos plentifully and of be largest .size at Concepcior. de Chile, and the best specimens arctPlvfu from a little island cal .; Quiquirina, which lies across the mouth of the bay. Ihe two little specimens on uis and Hiug out their arms as soon as the water covers then at each returning tide. When the sea withdraws, they close their shells firmly, and retain within their interior a si,mciency of water wherewith to carry on the foiriimlirtoihem" ""''^ ^''^' ''''"^'' '' ^'''^' '"''l'^^" '^"^^^ submersion seems They are very awkward to the shore bather who does not know the coast, as the ed-es 0 ..hells are exceedingly sharp and knife-like, inllict very j^ainful scratches wlien into collision with the unprotected skin. Entu to those who are searching on the rocks tor marine curiosities the Barnacles are very annoying, as they are constauti? scratcmig the hands when an incautious searcher happens to stumble and tries to save laiuseli ny grasping at the At the right-hand centre of the illustration are seen two little white dome-like objects perched upon a mass o coral and having an opening above. are examples of a mlm- curious cirrlupede, the Cokal-bahxacle. whiclr, as is evident from the material on which It IS is only to
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