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" Anyhow I am curious to know what it is." 



" It is a jelly-fish." 



" Fish ! why is it not kept in the fish gallery." 



"Wait, wait. Do you see any sign of a skeleton any- 

 where in that medusa ? I don't ; but if I remember it 

 correctly, Mr. W. told us a short while ago that fishes 

 possess a bony frame or skeleton." 



" Oh yes, I remember it. He said that while we were 

 going round the fish gallery." 



" It may be a jelly, but not a fish." 



" Good, you are nearer the truth." 



" Can you show me any animal in this hall possess- 

 ing a skeleton," asked Mr. W., addressing the party. 



" I don't see any," replied one. 



" Neither do I," said another. 



" Nor I," exclaimed a third. 



" Do you remember having seen any animal in the 

 other halls of this museum that has not a skeleton," 

 again asked Mr. W. 



All answered almost in a chorus that they did not. 



" What does that signify ?" 



" What ?" 



(i) "That there is not a single animal in this hall 

 possessing a skeleton, or, more correctly speaking, back- 

 bone ; (2) on the other hand, there is not a single ani- 

 mal in any other hall without a skeleton." 



After a few more questions and answers one of the 

 young teachers suggested that this arrangement of keeping 

 all such animals as have no skeletons in one place, and 



