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shell. It consists of fine long silk-like fibres. The Pinna on the coast of Provence, and Italy, is called the Silk-worm of the Sea. Stockings and gloves of exquisite fineness have been made of it. See note 27, to the Economy of Vegetation.

The subsequent lines attempt a description of Sea Plants, without any correct classification.

Whoever has listened on a still summer or autumnal evening, to the murmurs of the small waves, just