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suspended till the return of tide : but once set- 

 tled in a jar of salt water, each will protrude a 

 large chocolate-colored head, tipped with a ring 

 of ten feathery gills, looking very much like a 

 head of " curled kale," but of the loveliest white 

 and primrose ; in the centre whereof lies perdu 

 a mouth with sturdy teeth, — if indeed they, as 

 well as the whole inside of the worthy fellow, 

 Iiave not been lately got rid of, and what you see 

 be not a mere bag, without intestine or other 

 organ : but only for the time being. For hear 

 it, worn-out epicures, and old Indians who be- 

 moan your livers, this little Ilolothuria knows a 

 secret which, if he could tell it, you would be 

 glad to buy of him for thousands sterling. To 

 him blue-pill and muriatic acid are superfluous, 

 and travels to German Brunnen a waste of time. 

 Happy Ilolothuria! who possesses really that 

 secret of everlasting youth, which ancient fable 

 bestowed on tlic serpent and the eagle. For 

 when liis teeth ache, or his digestive organs 

 trouble him, all he has to do is just to cast up 

 forthwith his entire inside, and fuisunt mniyre for 

 a month or so, grow a fresh set, and (hen eat 

 away as merrily as ever. Ilis name, if you wish 

 to consult so triumphant a liygeist, is Cncnmaria 



