sensory; the long tube-feet getting in hold and letting go or could be placed seen. This echinus crawled over the rocks fairly from miles in a half hour. Along shore I saw hundreds of these and a short spined echinus. The long spined me how the curious habit of having five to six stomachs one after shells both open the aperture. Can this be a protective device? Along the shore I also saw several very large and fat and black starfishes. They find the echini in the whiteish shell sand are emporious objects. The aquarium also had two species of very ornate and highly colored [illegible], but one crab. The Lobsters are always slowly crawling about in a very leisurely way, and with their long tentacles constantly feeling about and the same with their long legs. They stand up as if on stilts. Another tank had almost half a dozen octopus. One was fastened to the glass front, holding on with but few suckers, fairly from them that glue are folded. When they crawl are facts do it. Their arms are extremely flexible and the tips usually tightly curled but in three turns. Their eyes are on- stantly looking and changing about. Evidently they can- not get along. Curious of the aquarium starfishes. The others laid in the tanks, because they are beautiful and