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of interest. One day several people were able to observe a king 

 snake swallow a slightly smaller rattler. 



From day to day a varied display of marine forms was to be 

 found in the aquarium; at different times rare and curious fish, star- 

 fish, sea urchins and devilfish, while now and then some of the 

 larger specimens, such as sharks and rays, were brought in. Some 



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of these were kept alive in the large cement floor tank or in the 

 larger jars. Great quantities of smaller specimens were no less 

 interesting, such as sea spiders, serpent stars of many beautiful 

 colors and markings, brilliant nudibranchs, large abalones, curious 

 small crabs and, in fact, all the interesting or beautiful specimens 

 that could be found. 



