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flower察and that nothing but the dulness of our own souls prevents
them from seeing day and night in all things察however small or
trivial to human eclecticism察the Lord Jesus Christ Himself
fulfilling His own saying察 My Father worketh hitherto察and I
work。;
To me it seems to sum up察in a few words察what I have tried to
say that such development and progress as have as yet been
actually discovered in nature察bear every trace of having been
produced by successive acts of thought and will in some personal
mind察which察however boundlessly rich and powerful察is still the
Archetype of the human mind察and therefore for to this I confess I
have been all along tending probably capable察without violence to
its properties察of becoming察like the human mind察incarnate。
But to descend from these perhaps too daring speculations察there is
another察and more human察source of interest about the animal who is
writhing feebly in the glass jar of salt water察for he is one of
the many curiosities which have been added to our fauna by that
humble hero Mr。 Charles Peach察the self´taught naturalist察of whom察
as we walk on toward the rocks察something should be said察or rather
read察for Mr。 Chambers察in an often´quoted passage from his
Edinburgh Journal察which I must have the pleasure of quoting once
again察has told the story better than we can tell it此
;But who is that little intelligent´looking man in a faded naval
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 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 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。 Mller 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 regard as the first rudiments of an Echinoderm's outside
skeleton察such as in the Sea´urchins covers the whole body of the
animal。 See on Echinus Millaris察p。 89。 7 Somewhat similar
anchor´plates察from a Red Sea species察Synapta Vittata察may be seen
in any collection of microscopic objects。
The animal察when caught察has a strange habit of self´destruction察
contracting its skin at two or three different points察and writhing
till it snaps itself into ;junks察─as the sailors would say察and
then dies。 My specimens察on breaking up察threw out from the
wounded part long ;ovarian filaments; whatsoever those may be察
similar to those thrown out by many of the Sagartian anemones察
especially S。 parasitica。 Beyond this察I can tell you nothing
about Synapta察and only ask you to consider its hands察as an
instance of that fantastic play of Nature which repeats察in
families widely different察organs of similar form察though perhaps
of by no means similar use察nay察sometimes as in those beautiful
clear´wing hawk´moths which you察as they hover round the
rhododendrons察mistake for bumble´bees repeats the outward form of
a whole animal察for no conceivable reason save h