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CHAPTER XIII.. Acalephæ (medusæ, or Jelly-Fish).

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ACALEPHÆ (MEDUSÆ, OR JELLY-FISH).

Introduction--Jelly-fish--Whales' food--Lieutenant Maury--Appearance of the Greenland Seas--Sir Walter Scott--The girdle of Venus--The Beröe--Pulmonigrade acalephæ--Portuguese man-of-war--Hydra-tuba--Alternation of generations--Dr. Reid--Modera-formosa--Cyanea capillata--Conclusion, 201

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