... in the earlier years of his scientific career devoted himself to an investigation of the lower forms of sea-life, such as jelly-fish, star-fish, and sea-urcbins. Another subject wbich interested him greatly was mental evolution in auimnls, rind many may ...

... Lenidon, lihloa subject was The Jellyfish. fri ?? Contrin Thomson eccupied the chair, an-d intro- be of duced the lecturer, who referred at the commencementco to e-xperinments cendccted in regard to the jellyfish. He Hi 1tin then dealt with the striscurui ...

... in the Philosophical 7'ran-sactions. This was a memoir on ' The Affinities of the Medusme, which appeared in 184-9. The jellyfishes and their curious and complex relationships were little known in these days, even though Edward Forbes and others had worked ...

... of this kind in the pages of iVaaujre. ?? at one period devoted much time and research to lower marine or 0gais3 such as jelly-fish and star-fish. After this he took up the mental evolution of ?? embodying his results, which included many cutrious experimenlts ...

... attracted by a series M of piercing shrieks from the group. One of the ladies lo appeared to be struggling with a large jelly-fish, which d the united efforts of the party could not shake oe. For-de tanately, however, a younger lady seized a stick which ...

... essay The Nerves, in which the reader will find a careful account of Mr Komane's recent experiments with the medusae, or jelly-fish, confirmatory Herbert Spencer's theory the development of nerve-structure. Spontaneous generation is discussed historically ...

... con- b nL fidenoe in it. I believe it would gradually fill n a diocese with colourless, taxme, no-party men, io theological jelly-fish, withont bones, brains, d e teeth, or claws, who have no distinot opinions 1 )f about anything at all, and would do no good ...