STAR- FISHES. 



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the construction of a Sea-urchin than in the building up 

 of a world !"* 



Time and space would not permit us to dwell on all the 

 marvels of creative power displayed in these animals; in 

 the elaborate system of muscular bands and loops and cap- 

 sules ; the singularly complex array of arched teeth con- 

 stituting what is called " Aristotle's lantern :" the appa- 

 ratus of water-duets that resemble the mains and pipes of 

 our great metropolis ; the forest of chased and fluted and 

 sculptured spines that bristle and nod upon the surface ! 

 But there are some points of further interest which we 

 must not pass over, though we will defer their considera- 

 tion to a future chapter. 



« Op. cit., 152. 



