... extremities—the planets ? I would not say a being endowed with volition, but rather an organism of the nature the star or jelly-fish, moving on through space as the star-fish floats through the ocean, and swallowing myriads of aerolites even as the said ...

... comparatively few in the Arctic regions, animal life, in one sense, makes up for that by its teeming profusion. The myriads of jelly-fish, to be seen floating past the ship are extraordinary for their number, their *ize (great and small), and their various colours ...

... heartless, hapless brood ('with the clasp on their nose] are well brought up. They aro brought to drift through life as a jelly-fish floats on the sea, and because this sort placid be-nothing, feelnothing, believe-nothing, do-nothing condition produces ...

... think, is called oe. passed many these with train of young ones after them. the boat skimmed along we passed many beautiful jelly-fish ; one sort Mina about the size of a goose-egg was particularly common. last, after winding through many islets, enter the ...

... far too a subtle fish To venture alone in the ant-eaber's lair. Here's a tame kangaroo, here a wild cenger-tel or two, A jelly-fish plaiting the guinea-pig's tail; Here's a buzzard nho's learning to dance a Scotch reel, or to Teach the gavotte to the ...

... proved that the jelly-fishes were able to see light, following beam thrown into tbe water in which they swim. lecturer's account of the various experiments made him with the view determining the presence of nervous matter in jelly-fish was most interesting ...

... pounds weight, the solids amount to about thirty grains. Every ton jelly-fishes would, therefore, contain about four pounds of solid matter. The largo pm. portion of water in jelly-fish structure is not unparalleled even in the human economy, for twothirds ...

... in Scotland), has been seen accompany this medusa in its movements ; residing within the bell, and-darting out when the jelly-fish turned over to bring the mouth of the bell uppermoA in the water. Such association with fishes is known to occur in other ...

... bet is a fact, though it deal with the lowest phases of nature, and truth ie holy, whether she bide in stalactite or epic, jelly-fish or an oratorio, a vivisection or prayer.— Atlantic Monthly. —lbe Wfldd i«i tite young presents the appthranoe of rich and ...

... decorative construction.— Scribner's Maga-ine for April. Beauty or the Jelly-kisu. —AVho that has ever seen living medusa, or jelly-fish, can forget its beauty ? The moonlight upon the water, silvering the edges of the waves, is scarcely leu substantial than ...

... character to parts of the decorative construction.— Seribner's Maga-ine for April. BEAUTY THE JELLY-FISH, -Who that has ever seen living medusa, or jelly-fish, can forget its beauty The moonlight upon the water, silvuring the edges of the waves, is scarcely ...

... and form starch by means of it exactly like plants. Farther, large number of the lower marine animals the Mediterannean (jellyfishes, corals, sea-anemones, &c.) were shown to vegetate by proxy, possessing in the interior of their tissues large crops of ...