80 Life Beneath the Waves. 



scription, lie was not aware of what he 

 terms " its suicidal powers, and spread it 

 out on a rowing bench, the better to 

 admire its form and colours." And he 

 continues, " on attempting to remove it for 

 preservation, to my horror and disappoint- 

 ment I found only an assemblage of re- 

 jected members ; my conservative en- 

 deavours were all neutralized by its de- 

 structive exertions, and it is now badly re- 

 presented in my cabinet by an armless 

 disc and a discless arm. Next time I 

 went to dredge on the same spot, deter- 

 mined not to be cheated out of a specimen 

 in such a way a second time, I brought 

 with me a bucket of cold fresh water, to 

 which article Starfishes have a great anti- 

 pathy. As I expected, a Luidia," (or Ling- 

 thorn,) "came up in the dredge, a most 

 gorgeous specimen. As it does not gene- 



