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the "Creatures of the Sea," but only to give a few 

 glimpses, as it were, into the vast larder of the ocean, 

 and to show how trifling are the demands made upon 

 it by the hungering peoples ashore. Dealt with ex- 

 haustively, this is a subject which, it is plain, would 

 fill many volumes ; but here my only object has been, 

 as stated above, to bring into line, as it were, the 

 aspect of our glorious heritage with those other no 

 less interesting characteristics of the ocean as the 

 great benefactor to the sons of men. 



