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veins, marblings, dots, stripes, bandstand reticulations; 

 each surpassing the other in point of beauty and ele- 

 gance. 



The far greater number of species come from the Indian 

 Ocean, though some are brought from the shores of Afri- 

 ca and America, and others again from the South Seas. 



