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cannot boil them as we do shells, and take the 

 meats out. 



No; but you can kill them in fresh water, and 

 then cure them in dilute " Formalin," which you 

 can get at the druggist's. Use one part of for- 

 malin to ten parts of water. You can then either 

 leave them in this liquid, or after a time take them 

 out and dry them. Now, what has Augustus to 

 show us? 



I have a Jelly-fish that had been left on the 



Figure 79. 



sands when the tide went down. I thought that 

 it was dead, but it seems to be moving in the jar 

 of sea-water. 



Look at it carefully and tell me what you see. 



It is almost as clear as ice, and it is as soft as 

 jelly. It is shaped like a bowl turned upside 

 down. From the bottom of the bowl hang down 

 four pieces, which may be lips. When it swims, 

 it quickly makes the bowl smaller, as one might 

 shut an umbrella, and the motion of the water 



