SOME WONDEBS OF THE SEA. 



CHAPTER II. 



JELLY FISH'S POISONOUS STING. 



IT may seem strange that beings of so low an organisa- 

 tion should possess so terrible a power, and we 

 naturally search for the means that it employs. 



After a human body has been stung, the surface is 

 covered with the finest imaginable red lines, each line 

 representing the track of the poison-thread. When 

 examined with the help of a magnifying glass, the lines 

 resolve themselves into rows of minute dots, as if 

 tattooed with a needle dipped in carmine, each spot 

 denoting a separate sting. 



Now, if we take a single 'poison-filament and place 

 it under the microscope, a wonderful sight is presented 

 to us. 



