From the Smithsonian Report, 1917 



A PIECE OF A REEF-BUILDING CORAL, BUILT UP BY A LARGE COLONY OF SMALL SEA-ANEMONE-LIKE POLYPS, EACH OF 

 WHICH FORMS FROM THE SALTS OF THE SEA A SKELETON OR SHELL OF LIME 



The wonderful mass of corals, which are very beautiful, are the skeleton remains of hundreds of these little creatures. 



