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tho Aureliao, ospocially, with thoir lar^o wliiUi disks, looic liko 

 pal(3 pliantoms wan<J(;riii{^ about far IxjIuvv the siiilacc ; hut thr;y 

 constantly float upward, and if not too far out of roach, one may 

 bring tlicni up by stirring tho water unchjr tlnSni with tho end of 

 tho oar. 



When w(; have passed an hour or so floating about just 

 bovoud I<]ast I'oiut, and have n(;arly 

 filled our buckets with Jelly-nsh(;s of 

 all sizes and doscriptions, we turn 

 and row liouieward. Th<5 buckets 

 look very pretty as they stand in the 

 bottom of tho boat with tho sun- 

 shine! lighting up thoir living con- 

 tents. 'J'ho Idyia glitters and spar- 

 kles with over-(jhanging Imkjs, the 

 Plourobrachia) dart about, trailing 

 thoir long graciiru! tentacles after 

 them, th(! g(jlden Meli(;<;rta ai'c; kej)t 

 in constant motion by their quic^k, 

 sudden eon tractions, and the dedi- 

 cate transparent Tima floats among 

 them all, not tho loss beautiful be- 

 cause so colorless. There is an un- 

 fortunate Idyia, who, V>y some mis- 

 take, has got into the wrong bucket 

 with the larger Jelly-fisli, where a Zy- 

 godaetyla has entangled it among liis tenbicles and is (juietly 

 breakfasting upon it. 



During our row tho tide has been rising, and as wo near tiio 

 channel of Saunders's Ledge, it is running through more strongly 

 than bijfore, and at the entrane*; of the shallows a pleasant sur- 

 prise is prepared for us ; no less than half a do/(!n of onr ji(!W 

 friends (thcj Ptyehogena as he has been baj>tized;, come to look 

 for their lost eonipaiiion perha[)s, await us th(;r(i, and are pres- 

 ently added to our spoils. We reach the shore heavily laden 

 with tii(i fruits (^f our moi'uing's excursion. 



The most interesting part of the work for the naturalist is 



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