of jelly fell to the ground. Most of this remained where it had

fallen, but a few of the larger pieces showed a faint luminosity

"You cannot kill that which is simply a mass of protoplasm," said

Cortlandt. "Doubtless each of those pieces will form a new

organism. This proves that there are ramifications and

developments of life which we never dreamed of."

They calculated that they had come ten or twelve miles from the

place at which they built the raft, while the damp salt breeze