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ANIMALS OF LAND AND SEA 



"We left St. lago (Cape Verde Islands) on August the 9th, 

 steering to the southeast, and taking the usual soundings, etc., 



Figs. 669-674. Corals. 

 For explanations of the figures see pp. xxxii, xxxiii. 



till the third degree of north latitude, when we steered west- 

 ward to our destination — St. Paul's Rocks. 



"On the night of the 14th the sea was most gloriously phos- 

 phorescent, to a degree unequalled in our experience. A fresh 

 wind was blowing, and every wave and wavelet as far as one 

 could see from the ship on all sides to the distant horizon 



