A RACE WITH A WATERSPOUT. 



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The boat had now reached the key, and it 

 was fully an hour before the specimens were all 

 cared for. Many were placed in alcohol, others 

 spread out to dry, while tubs and other recepta- 

 cles held so many that when the boys enumer- 

 ated them that night, as they sat on the piazza 

 of their cottage, they were amazed at their 

 wealth. In the early part of the evening they 

 cleaned the echini, or sea-eggs, of a former catch ; 



Sea egg. 



rubbing and ridding them of their spines with 

 finger brushes, which the doctor had brought 

 for the purpose. After a few days in the sun 

 they presented a white and beautiful appear- 

 ance, and when placed side by side with speci- 

 mens having their spines still on, formed a strik- 

 ing contrast. 



