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THE SAVAGE WORLD. 
. The Shetland Argus is remarkable for the multiplication and flexibility 
of its arms. In the pages of history, as these are written in the rocks of the- 
geologist, the star fishes are called Encrierites. 
The Sun Star (So/aster papposus ) is rare, but it is caught at times by fish¬ 
ermen off Newfoundland. The Medusa’s head (AstBpkyton caput Medusa) by 
its ever-waving arms, suggests the serpentine locks of the Medusa of Grecian 
mythology. It will be remembered that Medusa lost her great beauty through 
SCHOOL OF JELLY FISH. 
the envy of Minerva, and that her handsome tresses were turned into snaky 
locks and her. attractiveness of feature into an ugliness which petrified the 
beholder. It is unnecessary to urge that the sun star exercises no such 
diabolical power, and that the ceaseless movement of its arms threatens no such 
danger as is to be. looked for from the octopus. It seemingly is the sole survivor 
of numerous species to be found among fossils. 
The Phosphorescent Tunicate (Salpa maxima) is specially remarkable 
