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13 fathoms. Till 

 off Marokau Islai 

 seems to be abo 

 Nowhere have 

 NuUipores as on 

 Paumotu atolls, w 

 the outer edge c 

 quently seen aloi 

 NuUipores gives ■ 

 red tint in additii 

 very edge of the 

 hue, but most ma: 



The Tridacnas 

 in length, — dwar 

 It is only when w 

 strike the giant 1 

 groups adjoining 

 the hinge to mal^ 

 curved part of th 



But little seen 

 oyster, and thus f 

 regulation of fishf 

 the lapse of a cou 

 close season has th 

 pearl by overfishii 

 where the greater 

 bled within such i 

 must be a great 



On pearl shel 

 growing stems of 

 eight inches in le 



The Echinoderi 

 species having a w 



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