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tlian the countries whose shores are bathed by 

 these waters. If the hot countries of Africa and 

 America have, among their feathered tribes, their 

 souimangas, their humming-birds, their cotingas, 

 and their tanagers, the intermediate seas support 



myriads of the finny race still more brilliant, 

 whose scales reflect the tints of metals and pre- 

 cious stones, heightened in effect by spots_ and 

 bands of a more sombre hue, distributed with a 

 symmetry and variety equally admirable. The 



