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before it can assume the shape which we see lying on 

 the seashore. We are apt to pass it without heeding it, 

 and sometimes with even a feeling of disgust at its 

 appearance ; but its Maker has thought it of sufficient 

 importance to cause it to pass through all these varied 

 forms, each with its separate mode of organisation, 

 before it can assume that shape which we mostly neglect 

 and sometimes despise. 



The second part of this history will treat of those Jelly 

 Fishes which have no swimming disc, and do not come 

 under the category of Medusae. 



