ITS STING. 



of a sail. It is said tliat \hv appearaTice of the 

 Plu/.'ialia Tiear to the sca-coust is the indicatiott 

 of uu apjH'oacliiug tempest.* 



Having captttred % fine spedjn^o df thfe 

 a&imal m a hmeat vtij^^ latitude 0^ O' 

 south, and longitude 12* 60' west, and being 

 aware of tlie jniiioTiit pvoperty resi(!in<x in tlie 

 tentacnl^, 1 was desirous of trying its etfeets on 

 myself, for ijje putpoie ^ im&eimnmg from 

 p«Monjal experience the coii$<atattoi Jitiliitfv^ 

 effects resulting from it. On t&Qii]glijdd'of th$i 

 animal it raised its tentacular, and stiiun- me on 

 the second and ring fingers. The sensation was 



* On tlu." 5th ol" April, 1834, in Uititude 21)0 17' iiertli, and 

 longitude 37' west, temperature of the atmosphere 08° 

 to 72®, I caught in my towing net a very fine special^ of^ 

 J^/ti/salis p('i</(/ic<f, adonied with the Usual beautiful tintSi but 

 Bot so vivid as X haye usuallj #een thetn« The specimen was 

 the largest I hiiS befofe 'witnessed. During the month of April, 

 1834,1 observed specimens of this niollusca 88 far north as latl- 

 tutie 32' north, and longitude 34" 30' west. The lowest 

 rajige ol" the thermometer being 58", atid liighest 72". In 

 Marchj 1801^ I had seen thero as far nor^ as the l^itadtit of the 

 Azores or Western Islands. Often when we hud vi-ry stron<r 

 westerly wmds, with a heavy sea rmming at the time, 1 saw 

 ihmx yet itot, taiU&n nmt^t &t^iimsikmt ftirlznf saH^ 

 and sinkin^^: this Uiis sutficirnt tu ]mn v tht> ;d)snr(hty of the 

 o])iniuii that they collapse and sink during stormy breezes. 



instantly afler regam their natural iiositioQ. 



