| Show r lik QUEER LITTLE SEA MOUSE J M rema remarkable i in the lower branches of organic life J A few days ago knien they brought mea me a fine specimen about four inches f long of that strange stran e creature the sea moue dredged from the sandy hots bots torn tom of loch ryan I 1 began to late aate dark darkly uran dpn the significance ov of A the generic gen erld name haftie aphrodita bestowed ed upon this lowly invertebrate by 1 tamarack adf for it is no mouse but bul a it worm belonging to the class animals which being still in a primitive stage of development enjoy the enviable privilege of being able to replace any organ even a head ef ct which they may be bereft by ac accident cadent or assault at first sight no living creaturo creature Is loss less suggestive of tile the goddess of loye love its general outline being that of a g f 9 gantic antic wood louse and its structure hut but an oblong mass oi of integument and viscera vl vi yet on second thought it appears aphea rs not inappropriately termed born of the sea foam am ephros and if beauty of form be de nied to it compensation Is made by ft an all extraordinary loveliness of color the breathing apparatus consisting of external branch lae like silky bris bri ties arranged all along the sides of the animal shine with a luter luster as dell date cate as and more brilliant than a pigeons neck pall mall gazette Gaze tle |
