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Arthrostraca with laterally compre ed body, gills on the thoracic feet, and two sorts of feet on the abdomen, the anterior pairs being adapted for swimming, the posterior ones for springing, as seen in the Sand-hoppers or Sand-fleas. There are three tribes, Læmodipoda, Crevettina, and Hyper in a. IMG:content-0160.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-0161.png:[graphic] IMG:content-0162.jpg:[graphic] form of bottle in pottery or gla , used mainly for holding the oil required after gymnastic exercises or bath. Ampullæ. (1) Of Echinoderms. See AMBULACRAL SYSTEM. (2) Small sacs (see RHAGON) lined with choanocytes, formed on the course of the canals (incurrent and excurrent) that ramify through a sponge. The water is drawn in by the activity of the flagella of the choanocytes, which cells take their nutriment and oxygen from the water as it pa es. tration, being in cur- rent use, with other objects, among the people ople of s. Italy as a charm against ainst the evil eye. Prof. Bel- luchi of Perugia has shown, by means of his collection of Ital- ian amulets, that the peasants of the Cam- pania use the same objects as charms as did their ancestors of prehistoric times. Amulets were much used by the ancient Egyptians and among the Greeks and Romans, and traces of them in the early Church exist. They are common to-day among all Mohammedan peoples, who wear charms inscribed on paper, stone, or metal, with sentences from the Koran. In China, children are frequently provided with amulets, in- scribed with the Pat Kwa , or "Eight Diagrams," or an image of the God of Longevity, with the object of inviting long life. IMG:content-0163.png:[blocks in formation]