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We were then obliged to pry open the shells with our cutlasses before we could release him. Arthur pronounced this extraordinary shell-fish, to be a specimen of the "Chama Gigas." The shells were nearly three feet in length, and curiously marked and clouded.

The bones were first seen projecting from a bluff, and, gradually worked out, proved to be those of a gigantic turtle that must have measured across its back from flipper to flipper fifteen feet, while its entire length must have been twenty feet or more. The name of this giant is the Protostega gigas, a fitting forefather for the great leather turtle of to-day.

When it is by itself on the body of the mason bee's larva, the murderous grub belongs either to Anthrax trifasciata, MEIGEN, or to Leucospis gigas, FAB. But, if numerous little worms, often a score and more, swarm around the victim, then it is a Chalcidid's family which we have before us. Each of these ravagers shall have its biography. Let us begin with the Anthrax.

It is represented in the present seas by the delicate and rare Pentacrinus caput-medusae of the Antilles, which, with Comatula, is one of the few surviving members of the ancient family of the Crinoids, represented by so many extinct genera in the older formations. Scales of Lepidotus gigas. Agass. a. Aechmodus Leachii and Dapedius monilifer. a. Aechmodus. Restored outline. b.

But it is manifest that the original production of the characters of Oenothera gigas was a phenomenon of far greater importance than the subsequent accidental transition of this quality into the active state.

Pelvis or body; called also calyx or cup. c. Of the Bryozoa, the prevailing forms are Fenestella, Hemitrypa, and Polypora, and these often form considerable beds. Their net-like fronds are easily recognised. Palaechinus gigas, M'Coy. Reduced one-third. Mountain Limestone.

Encrinus liliiformis, Schlott. Syn. E. moniliformis. Body, arms, and part of stem. a. Section of stem. Aspidura loricata, Agassiz. a. Upper side. b. Lower side. Palatal teeth of Placodus gigas.

The word giant is derived indirectly from the old English word "geant," which in its turn came from the French of the conquering Normans. It is of Greek derivation, "gigas", or the Latin, "gigas." The Hebrew parallel is "nophel," or plural, "nephilim." Ancient Giants. We are told in the Bible a that the bedstead of Og, King of Basham, was 9 cubits long, which in English measure is 16 1/2 feet.

We understand now that C. Mendellii is as safe to import as any other species, unless it be gathered at the wrong time. Among the most glorious, rarest, and most valuable of Cattleyas is C. Hardyana, doubtless a natural hybrid of C. aurea with C. gigas Sanderiana. Few of us have seen it two-hundred-guinea plants are not common spectacles.

On getting nearer, we saw that she was playing with a little child, who was seated in a large bivalve shell full of water. It made a magnificent bath for the little black fellow, and it was larger even than the shells we had found on our island, a magnificent, specimen of the Tridacna gigas. The woman was younger and far pleasanter-looking than most of the women in the huts.