...him or the sight of the bucket too terrific I know not, but in a moment he proceeded to dissolve his corporation, and at every mesh of the dredge his fragments...with something exceedingly like a wink of derision. Young specimens are by no means so fragile as those full grown, and the five-armed variety seems less...

...him, or the sight of the bucket too terrific, I know not, but in a moment he proceeded to dissolve his corporation, and at every mesh of the dredge his fragments...with something exceedingly like a wink of derision. The common brittle-star, says the same entertaining naturalist, often congregates in great numbers...

...or the sight of the bucket too terrific, I know not, but, in a moment, he proceeded to dissolve his corporation, and at every mesh of the dredge his fragments...with something exceedingly like a wink of derision." While parting carefully the floating masses of sea-weed in search for other novelties, our attention...

...In my despair I seized the largest piece, and brought up the extremity of an arm with its terminal eye, the spinous eyelid of which opened and closed...with something exceedingly like a wink of derision." The mind remains confounded before such spectacles, and we can only say, with Mallebranche, "It is...

...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." DESCRIPTION OF PLATE LXV.* Flo. 1. An echinus with the spines removed from one half of the shell so...

...him, or the sight of the bucket too terrific, I know 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 with its terminating eye, the spinous eyelid of...

...or the sight of the bucket too terrific, I know not ; but in a moment he proceeded to dissolve his corporation, and at every mesh of the dredge his fragments...with something exceedingly like a wink of derision." There are many other kinds of Starfish; but as limited space will not allow them to be mentioned, I...

...the bucket too terrific, I know not, but in a moment he proceeded to dissolve his corporation, and a: every mesh of the dredge his fragments •were seen...opened and closed with something exceedingly like a smile of derision." Some of the Sun-Stars are very beautiful species ; the PURPLE SUN-STAR, Solaster...

...In my despair I seized the largest piece, and brought up the extremity of an arm with its terminal eye, the spinous eyelid of which opened and closed...with something exceedingly like a wink of derision !" The true " Brittle-stars " are distinguished by having their central disk covered with a series...

...him, or the sight of the bucket too terrific, I know not, but in a moment he proceeded to dissolve his corporation, and at every mesh of the dredge his fragments...with something exceedingly like a wink of derision." Before quitting the subject of star-fishes, a highly interesting fact in the natural history of the...