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bottom of a glass without disturbing the occupants ; 

 and last, though not least, if j^ou have a very fine 

 "thick-skinned," and, being desirous to show his 

 many-coloured glories to an unbelieving friend, come 

 home and find it (as you probably would in such a 

 case) firmly closed in a torpid state of philosophical 

 meditation, then take my advice, and the syringe, 

 and squirt vigorously upon his apathetic head and 

 shoulders, — have no pity upon him, but subject him 

 to as thorough an air and water douche as any Friess- 

 nitz could desire, — and if he doesn't wake up within 

 an hour of the exhilarating application, you may 

 throw him out of window with a safe conscience, 

 for, in that case, you may be quite sure that he will 

 never wake up again, being as dead as — one might 

 almost say " as a thick-skin," for they have a most 

 aggravating habit of dying out of hand on the 

 smallest provocation. 



A few words upon the removal of decaying matter, 

 whether animal or vegetable, from the bottom and 

 sides of our " Actiniaria," or anemone-tanks. Room, 

 then, for his Marine Majesty's Domestic Board of 

 Health — allow me to perform the ceremony of in- 

 troduction — "Messrs. Siphon, S^Tinge, Gauze-net, 

 Sponge, Glass-cloth & Co." — " The gentle and can- 

 did reader," — and conversely. We cannot keep ane- 

 mones in the perfection of health and beauty without 

 the aid of this goodly company, and the functions of 

 each personage are too evident to require further 



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