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They constitute a favourite article of diet in the Cod 

 fish's hill of fare, and great numbers of them are often 

 found in the stomach of that fish. They seem to inhabit 

 all parts of the European and Mediterranean seas. 



The vignette represents part of a spine of this Brittle- 

 star highly magnified, exhibiting a structure, the lightness 

 and beauty of which might serve as a model for the spire 

 of a Cathedral. 



