JELLY-FISH, STAR-FISH, AND 

 SEA-UECHLNS. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Among the most beautiful, as well as the most 

 common, of the marine animals which are to be met 

 Avith upon our coasts are the jelly-fish and the star- 

 fish. Scarcely any one is so devoid of the instincts 

 either of the artist or of tlie naturalist as not to 

 have watched these animals with blended emotions 

 of the ?esthctic and the scientific — feeling the beauty 

 while wondering at the organization. How many 

 of us who live for most of the year in the fog and 

 dust of large towns enjoy with the greater zest our 

 summer's holiday at the seaside ? And in the 

 memories of most of us is there not associated with 

 the picture of breaking waves and sea-birds floating 

 indiffeiently in the blue sky or on the water still 

 more blue, the thoughts of many a ramble among 

 the weedy rocks and living pools, where for the 

 time being we all become naturalists, and where 

 those who least know what they are likely to find 



