Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 534
ber of them, so thatnot one alone, but many lassoes are shot out at thesame time. Other tentacles now come intoplay; the victim, stung in many places, faints, and the hydra secures its prey.Having been once employed, the sacks areuseless, as the discharged lassoes cannot bewithdrawn into the sacks.… … LIVING HYDRA IN THCACTUFTHRMWG OFT Y»M- -HYDRA BUDS- small rounded swellingon the body of the par-ent; it grows longer andbecomes a stem, uponwhich is produced a cir-cle of tentacles. No-thing more is required tomake it a complete hy-dra, and it sets up in busi-ness on its own accountcatching and…
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