Life Beneath the Waves. 



star is not a very rare species, it is one of 

 the most beautiful. 



The largest British Starfish is the Ling- 

 thorn. I have never seen a member of 

 this class, but have read they measure two 

 feet across, and that, like the Brittle Stars, 

 they are extremely liable to break them- 

 selves up when angry or frightened, and 

 that, when broken up, "the dismembered 

 fragments continue active long after their 

 dispersion. The feet move about, and 

 attach themselves to any object that comes 

 within their reach, retracting and pushing 

 out with as much vigour as they did when 

 the creature was entire." 



I have seen an amusing account of the 

 attempts made by Professor Forbes to cap- 

 ture a specimen of the Lingthorn Star 

 complete. It appears that the first time 

 this gentleman obtained a Star of this de- 



