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Show Ltr IU QULF WEtD. All ru f Ctlu AliftU Jrar with lb- (rail trem Currant. It U sarprWnc what curious crealarrs live in Kulf wwO. Mutthileut ettrnor dtairy of tho InhablUaU of the fioat-Itgt fioat-Itgt ntgo nhloh are borno on tho current cf tho golf stream Is a little fili that makf Its mt In tho vrcrda, For Us own i roUcUou from em tales tt mvle to like tho wtwdi theninetvea, bing orange or-ange colored with white spots, that one cannot detect the acly animal without actually taking a handful of tho Teg tabl stuff In which It seeks shelter nnd scrutinising It, The full builds Its nest by binding toother bnnrbos of tho gulf weed with lotu. sticky lattnnus strint Its egg4 ar laid In a cavity. It very fin are finger shsped, counterfeiting the form of the weed fronds. Tbey are mora llko hands than fins, and are actually era ployed for walking through the seaweed, rather than for swftnmlng. The tfsh utilizes them also lu putting together Its nests. Tho great gulf current, In tU courso northward along the Atlantlo coaU and aruuti 1 tho grrU circuit that forms with It eddy the fatuous tiargaMo aea of marine gra&va, carrlee aloug with It an endlena strewn of life tn connection with tho gulf weed which floats upon It In ''windrows." Tho td. of varied kinds, bring with them from the tropic crratnrrsinultlfarlou, conveyod by the mighty river of warm water thronh the rnhutof thecolJerocran. Most of thein die when the cooler UUtu lea are reached, anlthuslt hpcns that the larvA of nuiny fonusarefoiinl on tho shores cf Kantncket and clw where lu plates to which tho a lull animal are unknown. They never live to grow up. Tho floating gulf weed t literally 'crowds! with life. Ono cannot pick up a piece that does not cury many shrimps or prawn of different kinds as pawn grrs. Titers wo crnbs, too, small and bigger, which mostly Imitate the grw lu their coloring. Of smaller Crustacea there are numerous specie, such as the so called "s fleas" and bamsclea. Itarnacles are rrmtacv which have en-dergone en-dergone a "retrograde metamorihi-itt as It Is tinned, having 1-eeu freosHlm iiursln thertrly itagoof thelrvxlfitence. They, too, takoiMuooii tho seaM.d rafts and voyao to tho laud of nowhere, 4-eking their fortune. In Ilia tnilf ated alio la n.n IcfltillA number of molltukj, aomo with itiell anl others without any. Among tho Utter Are the "sea slugs, retembllug tho garden slugs, devourrrs of plants, which are true mot hula also. 'Another iwllnk often picked up among the gulf weed 1 th beautiful argonaut, a crrd-1! Td celebrated In inythlo story. Itlsnuly the femalo argonaut that Is Interesting. The male has no shell, aud li t try small comparatlvrly. There ar lots of curlons marlno worm among tho gulf veed, who the "swt c ntijioilee,1 abundant lu the West Indies, which have Ion d Uch able brlatk that Sting the hand like net Ilea when the animal Is lnrautlomly Kraid. Tho worms hide in crevice cf iWiru driftwoo-l. Tho latter flouU until destroyed by the boring t.f the altlp vtonn that attack it, lueAnwhiW a!fml-lug a!fml-lug a lodgment fr bnrnarle aruUlnlo Crustacea. Umall flihm follow tho jletTsof driftwooilas thy arecarrll along by thn enmnt, enlintf utiou both crustaeea and tariiaclei, Ttliilo many senUrds skim about depending fur their mtnl upon the aiune small Animal. Thorn U a spelts of crayfob, too, found lnthovrd that makes a curious clicking click-ing nrtsu with It cl tw s. Whnttmut peoplftcall tlvi 'fruit' or "erd pods" of the gulf weed are simply littlo air Yes.! designed fur the puriMwo 4f Iteping thfM Interesting Tegetablee afloat, Mlcrosccpio creature called btlvroA waate around the air chain bur a deliiate lacework, which often remain In shspo after the egttabin matter has decayod nway and dlaap-Inarel, dlaap-Inarel, Urns forming exijuislie filamentous filamen-tous capsuUii, Huweer, thnm are only a few of the passengers that juuruoyby tho path of the gulf ilrmm on raits of drtfUurf weed. New York Sun. |