SOME WONDERS OF THE SEA. 

 CHAPTER I. 



JELLY FISHES. 



"IT^LUNGr upon the sea-shore by the retiring waves, we 

 -*- find lying upon our coast innumerable variously- 

 shaped, helpless, and apparently lifeless lumps of semi- 

 transparent, gelatinous objects, which we call by the 

 popular name of Jelly Fishes, and which are amongst 

 the most beautiful of the many things of beauty with 

 which the Creator has filled His marvellous creation. 



Apparently they are nothing but sea-water entangled 

 among a sort of Aveb of animal matter; and, if the 

 largest of them be allowed to dry in the sunshine, it will 

 gradually be dissipated before the hot rays, and a mere 

 pinch of animal matter will constitute its sole remains ; 

 indeed, it has been said, and with some truth, that when 



