...not, but in a moment he proceeded to dissolve his corporation, and at every mesh of the dredge his fragments were seen escaping. In despair I grasped...with something exceedingly like a wink of derision." Quitting the starfishes, let me call attention to those pretty cowries and the naked molluscs : —...

...not, but in a moment he proceeded to dissolve his corporation, and at every mesh of the dredge his fragments were seen escaping. In despair I grasped...with something exceedingly like a wink of derision. Young specimens are by no means so fragile as those full grown ; and the fivearmed variety seems less...

...not, but in a moment he proceeded to dissolve his corporation, and at every mesh of the dredge his fragments were seen escaping. In despair I grasped...largest, and brought up the extremity of an arm with the terminating eye, the spinous eyelid of which opened and closed with something exceedingly like...

...terrific, I know not, but in a moment he proceeded to dissolve himself, at every mesh of the dredge, his fragments were seen escaping. In despair I grasped...with something exceedingly like a wink of derision." — Forbes1 History of British Star-fishes. " The screaming sea-fowl, widening ring o'er ring Till...

...not; but in a moment he proceeded to dissolve his corporation, and at every mesh of the dredge his fragments were seen escaping. In despair I grasped...with something exceedingly like a wink of derision."* The dismembered fragments of the Luidia continue active long after their dispersion. The feet move...

...not ; but in a moment he proceeded to dissolve his corporation, and at every mesh of the dredge his fragments were seen escaping. In despair I grasped...with something exceedingly like a wink of derision." With this exquisite specimen of natural history wonders, for which naturalists can only vouch that...

...not, but in a moment he proceeded to dissolve Jiis corporation, and at every mesh of the dredge his fragments were seen escaping. In despair I grasped...with something exceedingly like a wink of derision.' This self-dissolution of the luidia and other star-fish is not, however, an act of suicide, inasmuch...

...not ; but in a moment he proceeded to dissolve his corporation, and at every mesh of the dredge his fragments were seen escaping. In despair I grasped...the largest, and brought up the extremity of an arm, the spinous eyelid of which opened and closed with something exceedingly like a wink of derision."...

...not ; but in a moment he proceeded to dissolve his corporation, and at every mesh of the drege his fragments were seen escaping. In despair I grasped at the largest, and brough up the extremity of an arm with its terminating eye. the spineous eyelid of which opened and...

...terrific, I know not, but in a moment he proceeded to dissolve himself; at every mesh of the dredge, his fragments were seen escaping. In despair I grasped...with something exceedingly like a wink of derision."* Our readers may be surprised at the mention of an eye in a Star-fish ; there is, however, at the extremity...