136 SOME WONDEKS OF THE SEA. 



and becoming a vast natural fish-hatching establish- 

 ment. 



Cuttles, which are largely eaten by the natives, also 

 hide in the rocky crevices, and are deluded to their 

 destruction by cunningly devised baits made of cowrie- 

 shells. The turtles also abound in these seas, and when 

 the time comes for depositing their eggs, haunt the shore 

 in search of convenient nurseries. 



So, by the unseen and unheard labours of the Coral- 

 makers, the earthy particles which were entangled in the 

 water are separated and built into a form suitable for 

 the habitation of Man, thus giving him more earth to 

 replenish and subdue, and enabling him to fulfil more 

 completely the mission for which he was created. 



