Word: seeing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...hour in an informal manner, avoiding technical terms and trying to interest eve the youngest. He gave a general idea of the habits and functions of the common star-fishes found in Massachusetts Bay and on the New England coast. He then told in simple language how the animals see, and illustrated the appearance of their eyes by drawings. Then he described the way in which a star-fish eats and how he opens the shells of oysters. The various kinds of locomotion were next described and the system of suckers, or ambulacral feet shown. The formation of new starfishes...
Money made. See advertisement of stocks bought and sold in next column...
...10th, at the Agassiz Museum in Cambridge, where a fortnight will be spent in introductory work, and in daily excursions. The remainder of the six weeks' course will be divided between points in Rhode Island, the lower Connecticut Valley and the Catskill Mountains. For particulars in regard to excursions see the special circular on the School of Geology...
...Wendell was unable to keep his appointment yesterday with the section in English 12-Kellogg-Norton-but will be happy to see members of that section at 18 Grays during his office hours today and Monday next...
Money made. See advertisement of stocks bought and sold in next column...