...his frag" EYES " AND " EYELIDS " OF THE STAR-FISH. 211 ments were seen escaping. In despair I grasped the largest, and brought up the extremity of an arm...with something exceedingly like a wink of derision*." We are reminded by the concluding sentence of the preceding facetious quotation, that, in order to...

...escaping. In despair I grasped at the largest, and brought up the extremity of an arm with its tenninating eye, the spinous eyelid of which opened and closed...with something exceedingly like a wink of derision." Quitting the Star-fishes, let me call attention to those pretty Cowries and the naked Molluscs : —...

...despair I rushed at the largest, and brought up the extremity of an arm, with its terminating oye, the spinous eyelid of which opened and closed with something exceedingly like a wink of derision." With this exquisite specimen of natural history wonders, for which naturalists can only vouch that...

...vigorous and complete (500). * " Whether the cold element was too much for him, or the sight of the hucket too terrific, I know not ; but in a moment he proceeded...with something exceedingly like a wink of derision." — History of StarFishes, p. 138. CHAPTEE IX. THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CORPOREAL FEELINGS AND DESIRES....

...not, but in a moment he proceeded to dissolve his corporation, and at every mesh of the dredge its fragments were seen escaping. In despair, I grasped...with something exceedingly like a wink of derision." A SKA-STAR DEVOURING A MOLLUSC. Luidia frangilissima. VOt. IV. THE SEA-URCHIN." THE engraving will...

...and at every mesh of the dredge his fragments were seen escaping. In despair I grasped at the krgest, and brought up the extremity of an arm, with its terminating...with something exceedingly like a wink of derision.' SEA-ANEMONES AND JELLY-FI8HBS. The Actinice, or sea-anemones, as they are poetically called, are to...

...generally break up before it is raised above the surface of the sea, cautiously and anxiously I sank my bucket to a level with the dredge's mouth, and...with something exceedingly like a wink of derision." We now come to the Sea-urchins, a family in which the rayed appearance is different from what it is...

...having five and the other seven rays. The two species, however, present no structural differences. despair I grasped at the largest, and brought up the...with something exceedingly like a wink of derision." It may be added, that even had the Professor succeeded in " introducing Luidia to the purer element,"...

...grasped at the largest, and brought up the extremity of an arm with its terminating eye, the spinuous eyelid of which opened and closed with something exceedingly like a wink of derision." The most ambitious owner of an Aquarium will hardly be very sanguine of adding Luidia to his stock of "...

...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...with something exceedingly like a wink of derision." These Brittle-stars are, however, extremely capricious in their exercise of this curious power. It...