XVI ILLUSTRATIONS 



27. Shallow water life is infinite in variety 80 



28. A diver can attract fish with a crowbar 81 



29. Fish asleep among anemones and sea-fans 88 



30. Bermuda reefs and shallows from the air 89 



31. Bathysphere in its white coat 96 



32. The Arc turns winch which held our cable 96 



33. Gladisfen towing the Ready to sea ^y 



34. Deck of the Ready ^y 



35. Miss Hollister at the upper end of the telephone 104 

 }6. Bathysphere ready for the quarter mile descent 104 



37. The plunge for the quarter mile dive 105 



38. Tee-Van in charge of the deck machinery 105 



39. The bathysphere is on its way up 116 



40. The steel ball breaks the surface 116 



41. On deck, looking out through the window 116 



42. The door off, we breathe the upper air again 11^ 



43. We emerge after the manner of seals 117 



44. So cramped and stiff we can hardly stand 117 



45. Zeppelin swimming snails 117 



46. Two species of flying snails 120 



47. Periphyllum is the most beautiful deep-sea jelly 121 



48. The siphonophore colony drifts slowly 121 



49. Silvery hatchetfish are often seen 128 



50. The transparent larva of an eel 129 



51. The head-lights of a lanternfish 129 



52. Deep-sea shrimps are abundant 136 



53. Copepods are the insects of the sea 13^ 



54. Trumpetfish swim among the reefs 137 



55. Moray eels are rarely seen in the daytime 137 

 5^. A warp and woof of fish 144 



