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or three compartments. Corals should never be 

 washed or bleached, but sent as they come from 

 the sea. 



Star-Fish and Echini. These may be either 

 dried or bottled in the saline fluid. If large, 

 plunge them for two or three minutes into boiling 

 water before drying ; if small, one minute will 

 be enough. Annelides, Actinia, and other fleshy 

 things, may be bottled with a saturated solution 

 of bay salt, with two grains corrosive sublimate 

 to each quart. Always keep up the strength of 

 the saline solution by the addition of salt as 

 needed. 



Land and Fresh-water Shells. Land shells are 

 found in many places, such as under stones, in 

 clefts of rocks, on the sides of hills and moun- 

 tains, under decayed wood and trees, on the trunks, 

 roots and leaves of trees and bushes, in decayed 

 vegetable matter, dried leaves and moist, on small 

 plants ; in fact, almost every situation produces 

 them except open and cultivated places : where 

 dead specimens are found, living ones cannot be 



