[CHAPTER XXI.]
The Aplysia, or Sea-Hare.
'The origin and the source of the smallest portion of the universe overpowers
our comprehension. How little can the acutest senses, the profoundest judgment,
the widest view, embrace! It is as nothing; it is as less than nothing. We are
capable of doing no more than surveying the edifice and adoring the Architect.'
Sir J. Dalyell.
XXI.
At several parts of the Scottish coast, and especially at North Berwick, may be found specimens of that curious gasteropod named the Aplysia, or Sea-Hare, the Lepus marinus of the ancients.
On visiting North Berwick during summer, I have been astonished to discover, in almost every pool, from two to twenty of these creatures.