JELLY-FISH, STAR-FISH, AND 
SEA-URCHINS. 
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INTRODUCTION. 
Amona the most beautiful, as well as the most 
common, of the marine animals which are to be met 
with 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 the naturalist as not to 
have watched these animals with blended emotions 
of the esthetic 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 
summers 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 
indifferently 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 
