LIST OF ILLUSTEATIONS. 



"AN ANIMAL! THIS LITTLE BALL OF SPINES AN ANIMAL? " . . 14 



SAND-EEL (Ammodytes tobianus, Cuv.) 17 



LUG OR LOH-WORM (Arenicola piscatorum) 18 



"THE SPINES OF THE SEA-URCHIN HAD FALLEN OFF*' ... 21 



SPIDER CRAB (Maia squinado, Lat.); PRAWN (Pal&mon serratus, Penn.); 

 SHRIMP (Crangon vulgarly Fab.); HEKMIT-CRAB (Pagurus bernar- 



*<*, L.) 23 



STAR-FISH (Asterias) 29 



RADIATES (Serpula, Ophiura, Ehizostomn, Star-fish, Sea-urchin) . . 31 



ZOOPHYTES (Stony Coral, Sertularia, Cellularia) 33 



BRYOZOA (Mois-animak) 34 



SKRPULA 36 



ANIMAL^ULJE IN WATER 37 



' ' QUITE A WORLD OF POLYPBS ON THEIR CARAPACE " . . . .50 



DROMIA (Dromia vulyaris, Edw.) 51 



SEA- CUCUMBER (Holothuria) 55 



"A HYPOCRITICAL OLD FELLOW ". . 59 



GASTEROPOD MOLLUSCA (Murex, Haliotii) 68 



ACEPHALOUS MOLLUSC. RAZOR-FISH (Solen ensis) .... 69 



FISHING-FROG (Lophius piseatorius, Lin.) 70 



THE PRAWN (Palawan serratus) 72 



COMMON CUTTLE-FISH (Sepia officinalis, Lin.) 73 



COMMON SHRIMP (Crangon vulgaris) 75 



WEEVER-FISH (Trachinus draco, Lin.) 76 



GURNARD (Trigla, Cuv.) 77 



HEAD OF THE WEEVER 80 



SECTION THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE SPINE 80 



SECTION OF SPINE AT THE BASE 80 



COMMON STURGEON (Acipenser sturio, Lin.) ...... 81 



SEA-LAMPREY (Petromyzon marinas, Lin.) 83 



SHARP-NOSED RAY (Raja oxyrhynchus, Lin.) 84 



SWORD-FISH (Xipfiias gladius, Lin.) . ...... 85 



