A Tiny Man-o'-War 



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the air from its float and sink below the surface 

 to warm and quiet levels until better weather 

 recalls it to bask in the sunlight and sail upon 

 serener seas. Thus this man-o'-war may be 

 called the submarine boat of nature's miniature 

 navy a primitive model for our Hollands and 

 Maxims. But with age comes stiffness; and 

 the older ones must drift at the surface and 

 take the storm as well as the sunshine, while 

 the youngsters " go below " to disport them- 

 selves at ease. 



It is a lover of warmth, and those seen along 

 northern coasts are venturesome vagrants who 

 have wandered up the Gulf Stream and then 

 been blown astray. They are occasionally seen 

 in New York Bay, but are more common from 

 Long Island to Newport. 



Innumerable pigment cells give a permanent 

 color to much of the sac, rich blues changing in 

 places to rosy tints; but, besides this, the sur- 

 face is striated or scratched with exceedingly 

 fine straight lines, crossing each other at right 

 angles, forming prisms thousands to the inch 

 which break up the light and cause it to play 

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