CHAPTER XIX. 

 OCEAN FLOWERS AND LAMPS 



" These are the works of the Lord and His wonders in the Deep." 



Ps. civ. 24. 

 " Every track 

 Was a flash of living fire." COLERIDGE. 



<< \7[7 r E have already learned," wrote Albert, 

 Prince of Monaco, not long since, in 

 reference to recent Ocean researches "that 

 a whole world of Fishes, Molluscs, Annelids, 

 Medusae, Cephalopoda, and Crustaceans, come 

 to the surface at night, and return before day to 

 a depth of some hundreds of fathoms, forming a 

 living tide which ebbs and flows in every sea." 



Letting alone for the moment other creatures 

 mentioned in the above list, let us think about 

 the vast world of MEDUSA of JELLY-FISHES and 

 their relatives with which the Ocean is largely 

 peopled. 



Whether Hydroids, Jelly-fishes proper, Coral- 

 polyps, or Sea-Anemones, they all belong to a 

 low order in the Animal Kingdom. Higher, 



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