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astonishment, I found that he had disappeared, there 

 being nothing left of him but a mass of jelly the size 

 of a plum. 



A post-mortem examination of so shrivelled a car- 

 case not satisfactorily aiding my diagnosis of the 

 deceased's ailment, I was left very much in the dark 

 regarding its nature. I incline to believe that the 

 skin had become so much extended as to be of the 

 fineness of tissue paper, and that, under such circum- 

 stances, the slightest pressure of water punctured it 

 and caused a collapse, from which the "Crass" did 

 not recover. At all events, he was quite dead when 

 I lifted him out of the tank. 



ACTINIA BUNODES CRASSICORNIS, 



Since writing the above, I have met with the fol- 

 lowing remarks of Professor Eymer Jones. This 

 author observes : 



" The Actiniae, like the Hydra, possess the power 



