[3221] In B. ix. c. 69.
[3222] No such distinction, of course, really exists; sponge being in reality a fibrous tissue formed by minute animals.
[3223] “Goats,” literally.
[3224] See B. ix. c. 69. He probably alludes to the semifluid thin coat of animal jelly which covers the sponge in its recent state, and is susceptible of a slight contraction on being touched.
[3225] A fanciful notion, certainly.
[3226] Hot water renders them greasy, so to say; an inconvenience which may be remedied by steeping them in an alkaline solution, or in urine.
[3227] “Penicilli.”
[3228] See B. ix. c. 69.
[3229] See B. v. c. 28.
[3230] An absurdity, of course.