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stomach. The tentacles are hollow, and com- 

 municate with the space between the walls. This 

 space is always filled with water, and by the 

 contraction of the walls water is driven into the 

 tentacles, and so expands them. 



This is a capital species for an aquarium, as 

 it will bear travelling, and is very hardy, 

 enduring extremes of heat and cold bravely, but 

 perishing immediately in pure fresh water. A 

 rather remarkable circumstance connected with 

 these creatures occurred some little time ago. 

 A gentleman had brought some of them to town 

 with him, and had been examining them in 

 company with a friend. After the examination 

 supper was brought by an unsophisticated servant, 

 and removed by the same individual. While 

 the table was being cleared the servant asked 

 what was to be done with the anemones, and 

 was told to put them carefully away in a jug. 

 Now the only jug at that time on the table was 

 a jug containing porter, and into that jug the 

 anemones were severally dropped. About a 

 fortnight afterwards, the anemones were again 

 called into requisition, and the jug demanded. 

 Great was the astonishment of their owner to see 

 the porter-jug produced, and still greater when 

 he found the creatures were still living. They 



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