XIV. CONTENTS. 



Point — Rocky Staircase — "White Pebble Bay — Tide-pools — 

 Maiden-hair Fern — ^The Precipice — A curious Medusoid — 

 Medusoid Fishing — Mode of Operation — Difficulties — Thau- 

 mantias pilosella — Its Luminosity — Description of its Struc- 

 ture—The UmbreUa— The Sub -Umbrella— The Peduncle— 

 The Radiating Vessels — The Ovaries — The Tentacles — Pig- 

 ment-cells— Eyes. 320 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Rapparee Cove — Strange Gravel — Its singular Origin — The 

 Glassy -^quorea — Its Form and Structure — The Forbesian 

 ^quorea — The Bathing-Pool — Medusae therein — Description 

 of a new Species — Its Habits — Luminousness — Distinctive 

 Characters — The Ruby Medusa— Its first Occurrence — Wig- 

 mouth — Production of the Gemmules — Their Appearance — - 

 Motion of the Turris — Metamorphosis of the Gemmules — 

 Their Polype-form — Goodness of God in the Beautiful — A 

 Christian's Interest in Nature — The Redeemed Inheritance — 

 The Crystalline Johnstonella — Its Beauty — Its Doubtful Affi- 

 nities — ^The Starry Willsia — Parasitic Leech — Thread- Cap- 

 sules — Nature of these Organs. 338 



CHAPTER XV. 



This Coast favourable for Oceanic Productions — The Red-lined 

 Medusa — Its Form and Structiure — The Eyes — The Fur- 

 belows — A parasitic Shrimp — Its supposed Young — Beauty 

 of the Medusa — Its Prehensile Powers — Capture of Prey — 

 Curious Mode of eating— Experiments — ^New Use of the 

 Furbelows — Development of the Eggs — Their Structure — 

 Thread-Capsules — Synonymy — The "White Pelagia — The 

 Mantis Shrimp — Its spectral Figure and strange Actions — 

 Its "Weapons — The Caddis Shrimp — The Tiny Oceania — 

 Busk's Thaumantias — The Fairy's Cap. 363 



CHAPTER XVI. 



The Maritime Bristle-tail — Its Nocturnal Habits — Discovery of 

 its Retreats— Its Companions — The Scarce Polynoe — Its 

 Armoury of "SVeapons— A rocky Bay — Romantic Incident — 



