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  together 
  to 
  cntcli 
  and 
  liold 
  an 
  oltject 
  as 
  small 
  as 
  this. 
  

   Ascidians 
  or 
  tunicates 
  were 
  quite 
  comnion 
  and 
  they 
  

   appeared 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  but 
  one 
  species; 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  smooth 
  

   forms 
  of 
  Molgnla. 
  

  

  A 
  single 
  specimen 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  star-fish 
  was 
  met 
  witli. 
  

   Some 
  Pycnogonids 
  and 
  marine 
  mites 
  were 
  noticed 
  but 
  

   not 
  identified. 
  Crustacea 
  were 
  present 
  in 
  great 
  abun- 
  

   dance, 
  tliH 
  large 
  edible 
  crab 
  CaUlitectes 
  hastahi-s 
  was 
  

   abundant 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  individuals 
  were 
  seen 
  which 
  wei-ein 
  

   the 
  megalops 
  stage 
  of 
  growth. 
  Species 
  of 
  the 
  genera 
  

   Sessariii(( 
  and 
  (rela.sitnus 
  were 
  a])undant 
  amongst 
  the 
  

   grass 
  along 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  the 
  creeks 
  and 
  inlets. 
  Amphi- 
  

   pods 
  or 
  sand 
  hoppers 
  were 
  abundant 
  and 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

   other 
  smaller 
  forms 
  were 
  occasionally 
  i)icked 
  up 
  while 
  

   usingaiine 
  net. 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  fish-lice 
  (6^2//^o- 
  

   tholds) 
  swimming 
  about 
  actively 
  in 
  the 
  water. 
  The 
  Cope- 
  

   'poda 
  were 
  very 
  numerous 
  and 
  appeared 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  principal 
  

   cause 
  of 
  the 
  luminosity 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  when 
  the 
  net 
  or 
  a 
  

   stick 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  m< 
  >ve 
  through 
  it 
  quickly. 
  It 
  was 
  these, 
  

   possili)ly, 
  that 
  the 
  Menhaden 
  was 
  stra 
  ining 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  

   as 
  food, 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  its 
  seive-like 
  gill-rakers, 
  for 
  I 
  always 
  

   saw 
  these 
  fishes 
  swimming 
  along 
  with 
  their 
  mouths 
  held 
  

   constantly 
  open. 
  

  

  The 
  entoproctous 
  l)ryozoan 
  FtdifdUua 
  amcrlcana 
  

   Leidy. 
  was 
  very 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  pond 
  leased 
  by 
  the 
  Com- 
  

   missi( 
  iners 
  for 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  artificial 
  ( 
  )yster 
  culture. 
  Prof. 
  

   Leidy, 
  however, 
  has 
  either 
  described 
  another 
  species 
  than 
  

   this 
  one 
  noticed 
  by 
  me, 
  or 
  else 
  he 
  has 
  placed 
  the 
  stomach 
  

   in 
  a 
  position 
  the 
  reverse 
  of 
  what 
  it 
  occupies 
  in 
  nature. 
  

   The 
  various 
  species 
  of 
  ecto2:)r<)ctous 
  forms 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  have 
  

   the 
  means 
  at 
  hand 
  to 
  identify 
  ; 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  creeping 
  

   branched 
  forms 
  were 
  common 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  en- 
  

   crusting 
  species. 
  

  

  Annelids 
  allied 
  to 
  the 
  genus 
  Meckelid 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  

   abundance, 
  creeping 
  ai-ound 
  inside 
  of 
  tlie 
  lai'ge 
  tubular 
  

   efferent 
  (»i)enings 
  of 
  a 
  pale 
  yellow 
  incrusting 
  and 
  also 
  

   massive 
  siliceous 
  sponge, 
  the 
  spicules 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  

  

  