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made an exploration in the Atlantic, and the spoils 

 they obtained were exhibited in one of the galleries 

 of the Museum of Natural History at Paris. 



" No doubt you, who though so mocking are yet of 

 an inquiring turn of mind, visited this exhibition. 

 It was the fashion in Paris to go there. 



"There were some true marvels, and the species 

 that had been previously known only in a fossil state, 



SUBMARINE EXPLORATIONS OP THE "TALISMAN." Eitrlpharyitx pi'lccanoities. 



COAST OF MAROCCO, AT A DEPTH OF 8,000 FEET. 



were in variety of form and beauty of colouring not 

 a whit behind those that were already familiar to 

 naturalists. 



" There were siliceous sponges, Holtenia, that might 

 have been taken for birds'-nests, or cups made with 

 braided threads of glass. Other sponges, by the 



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