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nessed, very satisfactorily, a circulating fluid in this zoo- 

 phyte. Dark particles are seen ascending one side of the 

 neck, and descending by the other, as if conveyed by the 

 current of a fluid. The current is chiefly visible at the 

 lower part of the head. The rate of the current is not re- 

 gular, sometimes quick and sometimes slow, and at times 

 quite suspended — yet without evident injury. 



'' The provision of Nature," he subjoins, '^ for conduct- 

 ing a vivifying principle throughout the whole extent of 

 animal organization, whereby it shall impart vigour to the 

 remotest parts, surpasses all the admiration which mortals 

 can bestow upon it; and this marvellous expedient is 

 rendered still more wonderful by reflecting on the means 

 adopted for its impregnation with atmospheric qualities, de- 

 vised for the common sustentation of the universe. Every- 

 thing conspires to show the grandeur of the plan from 

 whence the world was originated.''^ 



The animal, though so flexible itself, has no power over 

 the comparatively rigid tube it inhabits. When Sir J. G. 

 DalyeU cut two portions from a specimen, he found them 

 rooted to the glass in which they lay, in the course of a 

 night. 



