. Beautiful shells : their nature, structure, and uses familiarly explained : with directions for collecting, cleaning, and arranging them in the cabinet and descriptions of the most remarkable species. Shells; Shells. 113 Beautiful Shells, its lionsC; and sits down to fisTiing in a small way for an lionest and respectable liveliliood. A piece of timber covered witli Stalked Bar- nacles^ wriggling and twisting about like so many lielmetcd snakes, and waving tlieir i^lume-like civrlii, is a very curious siglit. They sometimes: I "(^^. attacli tliemselves to sinps' bottoms in sucli num- ber
. Beautiful shells : their nature, structure, and uses familiarly explained : with directions for collecting, cleaning, and arranging them in the cabinet and descriptions of the most remarkable species. Shells; Shells. 113 Beautiful Shells, its lionsC; and sits down to fisTiing in a small way for an lionest and respectable liveliliood. A piece of timber covered witli Stalked Bar- nacles^ wriggling and twisting about like so many lielmetcd snakes, and waving tlieir i^lume-like civrlii, is a very curious siglit. They sometimes: I "(^^. attacli tliemselves to sinps' bottoms in sucli num- bers as to retard tlieir progress tlirougli tlie water; Llicy do not, liowever, bore into and destroy tlie timber, like tlie Teredines, or sliip-worms, to wliicli wc have alluded in our brief notice of tlio Fholadce. Tlie c^'owtli of Barnacles must be very rapid, as a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Adams, H. G. (Henry Gardiner), 1811 or 12-1881; Berry, S. Stillman (Samuel Stillman), 1887-1984, former owner. DSI; Roper, Clyde F. E. , 1937- , donor. DSI. London : Groombridge and Sons
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