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strange shape of their skeletons, recalled the comb 

 made by bees. And farther on, side by side with 

 dense copses of corals, there were Echinodermata, 

 star-fishes, radiates of all sizes, forms, and colours, 

 such as naturalist had never seen even in dreams 

 before. And no doubt among the numerous horde of 

 crustaceans, you noticed a collection of shrimps of a 



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carmine colour, some of which measured no less than 

 eight inches in length ? " 



"Certainly," said Rene, u and I can admit freely 

 that it was these shrimps that most impressed me, for 

 I could not help thinking of the splendid effect they 

 would produce in the window of one of the restaurants 

 of the Palais Royal." 



