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ward out of sight. The birth of an anemone is 

 well worth patient watching, and this may take 

 place in several different ways. We may see a 

 large individual with a number of tiny bunches 

 on the sides of the body, and if we keep this one 

 in a tumbler, before long these protuberances will 

 be seen to develop a few tentacles and at last 

 break off as perfect miniature anemones. Or 

 again, an anemone may draw in its tentacles with- 

 out apparent cause, and after a few minutes ex- 

 pand more widely than ever. Suddenly a move- 

 ment of the mouth is seen, and it opens, and one, 

 two, or even a half-dozen tiny anemones shoot 

 forth. They turn and roll in the little spurt of 

 water and gradually settle to the rock alongside 

 of the mother. In a short time they turn right 

 side up, expand their absurd little heads, and 

 begin life for themselves. These animal "buds" 

 may be of all sizes ; some minute ones will be much 

 less developed and look very unlike the parent. 

 These are able to swim about for a while, and 

 myriads of them may be born in an hour. Others, 

 as we have seen, have tentacles and settle down 

 at onee. 



Fishes, little and big, are abundant in the pools, 

 darting here and there among the leathery fronds 

 of "devils' aprons," cavernous-mouthed angler 

 fish, roly-poly young lump-suckers, lithe butter- 

 fish, and many others. 



Moving slowly through the pools are many 



