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" This is true of the sea-urchins in the Red Sea, though not 

 of the Mediterranean ones. The former have a cycle corre- 

 sponding exactly to that of the moon. The five roeSi ovaries, or 

 testes are large and swollen during the week preceding each 

 of the summer full moons, and tlie spawning of the eggs 

 takes place during the few days before and after full moon. 

 For a most interesting discussion of this and kindred matters 

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