156 A BREEZE. 



aloDg the branches : the plant is also taller and more 

 ramified. 



But there were indications of a breeze springing up ; 

 clouds were forming over the land, and drifting to the 

 southward, and " cats' paws" here and there were 

 ruffling the silvery glaze of the sea into a deep blue. 

 We got on board, and by the time we had pulled out 

 a couple of hundred yards or so, down came a pleasant 

 breeze, cool and fresh, from the north-west. The 

 willing lads quickly stepped the mast, ran up the 

 main-sail and jib, and, giving her a flowing sheet, 

 put her before it ; while the water began to ripple off 

 under her quarter, with that rustling sound which a 

 boatman loves to hear. 



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Od. p. 423. 



The dredges were quickly down ; and while they 

 were gathering their various contents,! put overboard 

 my Medusa net, to see whit the surface might produce 

 on such a sweet summer day. No Medusae were to 

 be obtained, except one or two small specimens of 

 Cydippe pomiformis, a brilliant little sphere of jelly, 

 resembling the clearest glass, rowed along by ciliary 

 paddles, set in eight rows, like the meridians of a 

 globe. But the net came in loaded with tiny active 



