. The sea [microform] : its stirring story of adventure, peril & heroism. Adventure and adventurers; Voyages and travels; Ocean; Aventures et aventuriers; Voyages; Océan. ^ *? 200 THE DKLESSEUIA. Presently we came to the Drocli, where a more majestic cavern than any we had yet seen appeal's. Up on a beach of yellow sand its immense span is reared with a secondary entrance; the arch of uniting stone is thrown across with a beautiful lightness, and appears as if hewn with the mason's chisel. Dark domes are seen within, far up in the lofty vaulted roof, and pools of still, clear glassy
. The sea [microform] : its stirring story of adventure, peril & heroism. Adventure and adventurers; Voyages and travels; Ocean; Aventures et aventuriers; Voyages; Océan. ^ *? 200 THE DKLESSEUIA. Presently we came to the Drocli, where a more majestic cavern than any we had yet seen appeal's. Up on a beach of yellow sand its immense span is reared with a secondary entrance; the arch of uniting stone is thrown across with a beautiful lightness, and appears as if hewn with the mason's chisel. Dark domes are seen within, far up in the lofty vaulted roof, and pools of still, clear glassy water mirror the rude walls. This is certainly a glorious ; Easiest of all maritime objects to collect are the so- called "sea-weeds," which the Rev. J. G. Wood rightly terms a " miserable appellation," to be employed under protest. They are in reality beautiful sea-plants of oft-times delicate form and colour; and even the larger and commoner varieties have much of interest about them, some having actual uses. One of the first to strike the eye on almost any beach is the common bladder-wrack {Fuciis lesicidoHun), that dark olive-brown sea-weed familiar to all visitors to our coasts. It is distinguished by its air-vessels, which explode when trodden on or otherwise roughly compressed, and which are the delight of all youngsters at the sea-sido. This slimy and slippery weed makes rock-walking jierilous in a moderate degree, a fact which does not generally stop young British maidens and their companions from slipping about over its tangled masses. A larger species {Fiicas serratas) sometimes grows to a length of six feet. It is used as manure, and even as food for cattle; while it is excellent to pack lobsters, crabs, &c., if they have to be sent inland. These and kindred algee, the generic term for sea-weed, are known as Melcmosjjenns, or black-seeded, so called from the dark olive tint of the seeds or spores from which they spring, and with wh
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