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INJURIOUS MARINE ANIMAL. 
stakes driven into the ground, 
repair — were formed of 
and that he was standing splashing, with his arms level with 
the water. Suddenly he felt a shock, and experienced a sharp, 
burning sensation on one arm, and being thus directed to the latter 
noticed a long attenuated grayish-black slimy object tvdned in a 
serpentine manner nearly around it. One end of this body was 
free, and the other passed continuously without alteration of 
form into the water. With two fingers connected with the 
other arm he then detached it, letting it fall back into its native 
element. Feeling now increased pain, and sickness coming 
over him, Mr. Moar hastened fi’oni the water to the bathing- 
house close at hand. This he regained, but before he could 
fasten a single garment about him he found that his fingers 
were failing, and the sickly sensation becoming more pro- 
nounced, and being in great pain, he immediately left it to seek 
assistance. But he liad not gone more than 30 feet from the 
door before he had to cling to a railing, as pain was now passing 
down his back, and he felt that he was “ going fast.” A faint 
cry, which was all that he could utter, brought Mr. W. Eowney 
and his companions, who happened to be close at hand, to his 
assistance. By this time the pain and loss of power had 
passed from his back to his legs, so that he became perfectly 
helpless, being unable even to prostrate himself, much less 
move. He was now placed on the ground, and experienced a 
succession of shocks (which he likened to repeated heavy 
discharges from an electric battery) passing from his body down 
lus egs to his feet, and was in snch agonising pain that he 
could not bear to be touched. Being carried to his temporary 
residence and placed in bed, he suffered in a similar manner tiU 
nearly noon, when he commenced to feel better The same 
sensations were experienced for some rio v, ® 
dtoinished iu mlensil,. Whm JeTl fv’’”* 
phologr.ph Mhibiled (kindly tnrni.hed by Poui c“ P T 
It measured about 18 inches in length Tf ^ i 
conspicuous, and there was some^ 1 
presented all the appearance of a surface'burn 
the injury is a man of good nhv«m ? subject of 
temperate habits, and not one likeW health, and 
of fear. y o be influenced by a sense 
