184 SEA FABLES EXPLAINED. 



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24. HERCULES SLAYING THE LERNEAN HYDRA . . . . 245 



25. THE PHYSETER INUNDATING A SHIP. After Olaus Magnus . 252 



26. A WHALE POURING WATER INTO A SHIP FROM ITS BLOW- 



HOLE. After Olaus Magnus . . . ... . 252 



27. SPERM WHALES, ERRONEOUSLY REPRESENTED AS "SPOUTING" 253 



28. THE PAPER NAUTILUS (Argonauta argo) SAILING . . . 264 



29. DITTO. RETRACTED WITHIN ITS SHELL 269 



30. DITTO. CRAWLING . 274 



31. DITTO. SWIMMING . . . . . . . . . 275 



32. SHELL OF THE PAPER NAUTILUS (Argonauta argo) . . . 276 



33. SHELL OF THE PEARLY NAUTILUS (Nautilus pompilitis} . .277 



34. THE PEARLY NAUTILUS (Nautilus pompilius} AND SECTION OF 



ITS SHELL . 278 



35. DEVELOPMENT OF GEESE FROM ROTTEN WOOD. After Claude 



Duret. 294 



36. THE TREE WHOSE LEAVES ARE CHANGED INTO BIRDS WHEN 



THEY FALL ON THE LAND, AND INTO FlSHES WHEN THEY 



FALL INTO WATER. After Claude Duret .... 295 



37. THE GOOSE-TREE. From Gerard's 'HerbalP . 300 



38. DITTO. Fac-simile from Aldrovandus ...... 302 



39. DEVELOPM'ENT OF BARNACLES INTO GEESE. Fac-simile from 



Aldrovandus ......... 303 



40. SECTION OF A SESSILE BARNACLE. Balanus tintinnabuhim . 307 



41. PEDUNCULATED BARNACLE. Lepas anatifera .... 309 



42. A SHIP'S FIGURE-HEAD PARTLY COVERED WITH BARNACLES . 310 



43. WHALE BARNACLE. Coronula diadema 31! 



44 A YOUNG BARNACLF- Larva of Chthamalus stellatus . . > 312 



