Rita Boutros
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 23 Jul
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Through the Looking Glass · Coffee Break Collection 026 - It's a Small World - Various · 23 Jul 2026
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Only with the utmost caution will you have an opportunity to leisurely look at his rare beauty.
When for the first time I saw this elegant, beautiful creature rising out of the tube and waving his fringed fan like filaments, I did not wonder at Mr Goss' enthusiasm.
Neither was I surprised that he should be reminded of the old Roman mythology which
and call the zoophytes which surround the tube larys.
for the rare beauty of Sibella would suggest the protection of guardian spirits.
He says these curious creatures have afforded much entertainment, not only to myself, but to those scientific friends to whom I have had the opportunities of exhibiting them.
When I see them surrounding the mansion of the Sibella, gazing, as it were, after him as he retreats into his castle.
Flinging their wild arms over its entrance and keeping watch with untiring vigilance until he reappears.
It seems to require no very vivid fancy to imagine them so many guardian demons, and the Lara's of the old Roman mythology occurring to memory
I described the form under the scientific appellation of la sabolarum.
You may, however, if it pleases you better, call them witches dancing round the charmed pot.
When the tide is out you will frequently notice barnacles adhering to the rocks or to the timbers used in the construction of wharves.
Pray stop and examine them critically, and see what admirable fishers they are.
Their fishing nets are composed of several long, flexible, jointed fingers thickly beset with sensitive hairs.
When the fisher wants a meal he thrusts his long hand out the door of his stone house.
The sensitive fingers quickly tell when they come into contact with anything good to eat.
and they curl over and grasp it and convey it to the mouth.
These barnacles are wonderful creatures and well worth your continuous study.
They pass through several stages.
When young, they are a gay, rollicking set, swimming freely in the water, but as maturity approaches, they settle down in stone houses, never more to rove about, and set up fishing for a living.
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