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at a very low spring-tide, in the summer of 1857. My friend 

 favours me with the following note of the capture: — "It was 

 soft and fleshy, without trace of corallum ; the individuals 

 connected by a creeping fibre running over the under sur- 

 face of the stone. I chipped a piece of it off, which fell 

 face-downwards, and I fancy got injured in consequence ; 

 as it never showed any signs of life after I put it into my 

 bottle. I kept it two or three days in expectation that it 

 might recover, but, as it began to decay, I secured the 

 remainder by putting it into spirit." 



There were about a dozen polypes in the colony, all of 

 the same size, which seems to be good evidence that they 

 had attained adult dimensions. 



Couchii. 

 Aldeei. 



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Sarcodictvon. 



