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ray species, from which we obtain the lamp-
ray. It beats the incandescent light hollow.”
“And what,” I asked, still shuddering,
“was the thingummy which
2, hunted me the other evening?”
y R “Oh, that must have
been the snap - shotting-
turtle—produced by graft-
ing an ordinary photographic
camera on a snapping turtle.
I subsequently improved the
creature by a fusion of the X
ray or Rontgen ray—a de-
velopment of the common ray
found in these waters. These
submarine rays are indispens-
able for torpedo-boat catchers.”
I now perceived a cockatoo
with an unusually fine crest on
Ly CELERY- his head.
COCKATOO. ‘‘Ah yes,” said Menu, “the ~
celery-cockatoo. Having been
struck by the uselessness of the sham heads
of celery forming the crest of the bird, I con-
ceived the notion of producing real celery in