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. 



" XT TE 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 Medus/e — 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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