. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. H â >^t '^â Mi^.^.A. COMMi>N f>EA L'HCIUN âAVfti'iii's sji/iifni. I through tlieiu. Tlic structure of these s[)iiies is very remarkable, and under tlie iiiioiu- scope they present some most intcrcstinjf details. Moreover, each spine is movable at the will of the owner, and works u]i(in a true hall-and-sucket joint, the ball being a rnuii'l globular projection on the surface of the shell, and the socket sunk into the base uf tln' spine. When t
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. H â >^t '^â Mi^.^.A. COMMi>N f>EA L'HCIUN âAVfti'iii's sji/iifni. I through tlieiu. Tlic structure of these s[)iiies is very remarkable, and under tlie iiiioiu- scope they present some most intcrcstinjf details. Moreover, each spine is movable at the will of the owner, and works u]i(in a true hall-and-sucket joint, the ball being a rnuii'l globular projection on the surface of the shell, and the socket sunk into the base uf tln' spine. When the creature is dead and dried, the membrane which binds together tlie ball-and-socket joint becomes very fragile, so that at a slight touch the menibnuio i> broken and the spines fall olf. The beautiful specimen from which the drawing is tiiktii is in the possession of "Sir. , and is reniarkalde for the fact that the spines aiv all perfect and in their place. Other peculiarities of .structure Avill .be noted in coiniexion with the diiferent species. The Conuiion Sea-urchin is edilde, and in sonic places is extensively consunu'il, fully eariung its title of Sea-egg, by being boiled and eaten in tlu' same manner as the (':i'l poultry. The fishing for these creatures in the I'ay of Napli'S is grajthically and quaintly described liy Mr. II. Joiu!s:â" [ had not swum very i'ar from the beach before I fouml mj'self surrounded by some ilfly ov sixty human heads, the bodies belonging to wliiiii were in\isible, and inters)lerscil among tlicse, ]irrha])s, an e(|uai nundier of [lairs of k'lt sticking out of the Wiiter. As \ ajiproai'lied the spot, the entire scene became siillicieiitly ludicrous ami liewildcring. . 1>owh went a head, up came a pair of heelsâ(Wa went a jiair of hc'cls, up came a head; and as something like a hundred pco])le were all diligently practising the same manceuvre, the strange vicissitude from heels lu hciiJ aii'l head to heels, go
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