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is about the size of a thimble. The clear indigo water was 

 speckled with them. You could dip them up anywhere in a 

 bucket, and we sailed miles without noticing any appreciable 

 diminution in their numbers. This and like spectacles give us a 



faint conception of the incalculable wealth of the sea in living 

 things, and of their superabundance if allowed to multiply un- 

 checked. 



Another marine organism seen floating near the surface is 

 three or four inches long and looks like a little roll of white lace 

 with a pink spot in the center. This is a species of salpa, which 



