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plentifully in the Atlantic, living in flocks, and attains a great size. It 

 is common in the month of June on the shores near Saint Malo ; 

 in August on the English coast ; and along the strand of every port 

 in the Channel they are to be seen in the month of October in 

 thousands, where they lie high and dry upon the shore, on which 

 they have been thrown by the force of the winds. 



Fig. 57. Cassiopea andromeda ^Tilesius). 



R. Aldrovandi (Fig. 56) is also common, and is to be met with, 

 all the year round in calm weather. It is an animal much dreaded 

 by bathers. It possesses a stinging apparatus, which produces an 

 effect similar to the stinging-nettle when applied to the skin. If the 

 animal touches the fisherman at the moment of being drawn from the 

 water, it is apt to inflame the part that it touches and raise it into 

 pustules. 



