ILLUSTRATIONS xvii 



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30. — Manta or Giant Ray Captured by Dicker- 

 man, Franklin and Cady . . .186 



31. — Head of Sea Snake, from the Current Rip 187 



32. — Egg-case of a Deep Sea Ray, and the Nearly 



Hatched Embryo it Contained . . 187 



33. — Phyllosoma — A Transparent, Larval Crus- 

 tacean 202 



34. — Porpita, One of the Most Beautiful of the 



Floating Jellyfish ..... 202 



35. — Giant Ray or Devilfish Swimming at the 



Surface ....... 203 



36. — Unscientific Map of Cocos Island . . 230 



37. — Chatham Bay, Cocos Island . . . 231 



38. — The Arcturus, from the Shore of Chatham 



Bay, Cocos Island ..... 246 



39. — Wafer Bay, Cocos, with Fresh-water Stream 

 in the Foreground and Cocoanut Palm 

 Planted by Captain Gissler . . . 247 



40. — Cocos Island Boobies, Seeking Shelter at 

 Night in the Ship's Boats during a Severe 

 Storm ....... 276 



41. — Wafer Bay, Showing what is Left of One of 



Captain Gissler's Houses . . . 277 



42 — Ruth Rose Diving at Cocos in Fifteen Feet 



OF Water ...... 308 



43. — Black-barred Surgeonfish, Teuthis tricstegus 



(Linne) ....... 308 



