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Show QUEEH LITTLE SEA MOUSE. Rsmarkable In the Lower Oranchea of Organic Life A few days ago wiien they brought me a fine a eclmen about four Inches long of that strnugi er ature the sea mouse dredged from tho sandy bot torn of l.och It) an I bojan to specu late darkly upon tho significance of the generic name Aphrodlta bestowed upon this lowly tntcrlebrato by I-am arack lor It la no mouse, but a worm, belonging to tho clan Annelida, Anne-lida, animals which being still In a primitive ttago of dctclopment, enjoy the envlabto prltllige of being abto to replace any organ even a luad, of which they may bo bereft by accident or assault At first sight no living creature It leas auggeatlto of the goddesa of love, Ita gmeral outline being that of a gl gantlc wood louse and Ita atnicture hut an oblong maaa of Integument and tlscere Vet on second thought It apt ears not Inappropriately termed Ahprodlla lorn of tho sea foam am phroaand If beauty of form bo domed do-med to It, compensation la mado by an extraordinary lotollnesa of color, Tho breathing npiaratus consisting of external branchiae llko allky brla ties arrange! alt along the aides of tho animal, thine with n lustir aa dell eato aa and more brilliant than a ptgeon'e neck Pall Mall (Inxette |