Fig. i8. 



The Pkysaiia, or « Portuguese man-otwar " of the AtUnHc, being a 

 colony of animals provided with long tentacles used as fishing-lines, 

 and hanging from a membranous float with a crest, or «'8aU,'' on the 

 top, and a pointed end which, being turned from side to side, serves 

 as a rudder. 



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