70 GLIMPSES OF NATURE. 



Space does not permit that, at present, I should sa^s 

 anything about the nerves and other belongings of the 

 sea-star. It is a " steady and stolidy " animal, no 

 doubt, but it has its own share of " the mind uni- 

 versal " after all. Meanwhile, we shall leave it in its 

 pool. A humane action in restoring the star to its 

 native waters has perchance brought its reward in 

 suggesting the thought that in even mean creatures 

 there are ways and works well-nigh past finding out. 



