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Stimpson, a common worm on our shores. In this worm 
the head is larger and more distinctly separated from the 
rest of the body than in the others we have mentioned, and 
it is provided with two pairs of eyes and six or eight pairs of 
tentacles, while along each side of the body is a row of oar- 
like feet, expanding above into broad, oar-like, swimming 
organs, and furnished beneath with several bristles and fleshy 
filaments like feelers. The whole worm is radiant with all 
the colors of the rainbow reflected from its pearly body. 
Some of these Nereids are of enormous size. We have 
found in the Bay of Fundy portions of the Nereis grandis of 
Stimpson, which is seventeen inches in length, and an allied 
form (Eunice gigantea Cuvier) grows in the Indian Ocean 
toa length of over four feet. These are the princes among . 
worms, ranking above the smaller forms by their superior 
size and organization, and their rich imperial dress. 

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1s to be 1 hoped that the Legislature will see fit to order a large edition 
printed, as we learn the work is not to be stereotyped, an d is not to 
the hr ill be numbered by thousands, wares they can now be counted by 
 undred, obs gee of Harris’s Injurious paa which was 
r d is now rapidly sane several editions ha peg been 
tional off, was of incalculable advantage to the oi none educa- ' 
Pintor erg and the stereotyping of the new edition 2 Gould's 
brates is a public necessity. If each eratik is to have a copy 
