. Shells and sea-life. he center; and these five arms are notparts of the body, as in the starfish, but are morelike little whips, by which it gathers in its you disturb it, some of these little arms arevery apt to break off, and so the creature is calleda brittle-star. The brittle-stars which live around the beachdo not grow very large, but there are many verystrange and large ones which live on the bottomof the ocean, in ver^^ deep water. You can oftenfind small ones by turning up stones when thetide is low; for they do not live on the tops andsides of rocks, like the true starfishes
. Shells and sea-life. he center; and these five arms are notparts of the body, as in the starfish, but are morelike little whips, by which it gathers in its you disturb it, some of these little arms arevery apt to break off, and so the creature is calleda brittle-star. The brittle-stars which live around the beachdo not grow very large, but there are many verystrange and large ones which live on the bottomof the ocean, in ver^^ deep water. You can oftenfind small ones by turning up stones when thetide is low; for they do not live on the tops andsides of rocks, like the true starfishes. There is 128 WESTERN SERIES OF READERS. another kind, in which the arms are very muchdivided, like the twigs of a tree. When thesearms are curled up, the creature is called a Basket-fish. But now we will take our treasures home andcome again some other day. BLACKBOARD AVORDS. radiate (radl-at), bayonets (bao-nets), anemone (a-nem-o-ne), resemble (re-zembl), moisture (moistur), alcohol(alko-hol). ANOTHER SEASIDE ELL, my young people, we arehere again, and you have broughta new lot of creatures for us toexamine together. I sup-J pose you found them thismorning at the very lowtide; is it not so?Yes; we have all been out on the rocks, liftingup seaweeds, and turning over such stones as wewere able to move. Wecarried a trowel and a bigiron spoon with us, and wedug with them, whereverthe gravel was soft enoughfor us to do so. And did you find moreof the creatures which wewere studying yesterday? O yes; there were dozensof starfishes lying on theseaweeds and the patchesof eel-grass. Some of them VOL. 8—9 129 REFERENCE TOPICS. Tliere are i nte re sting ob-jects aU around us. Advantage of many legsto the crab. Difference b e t av e e ncrabs and insects. The crabs eyes. Formalin, or formalde-hyde. .Sallee is a port of ]Mo- IOCCO. Pirates of iSTorth x\ sea-creaturesthat are eaten by men. 130 WESTERN SERIES OF READERS. were yellow and some
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