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pulse of the flowing tide. Corals, cone-shaped and erect, 
lofty carved columns, others like the branching antlers of 
the stag, others again broad and massive like those of 
the moose. Exquisite finger corals,embroidered and carved 
in the most skillful and delicate manner by the little ma- 
rine architects. Round solid pieces like the human brain, 
the fully opened rose and dahlia. Pieces with spreading 
wings like a butterfiy, and others that look like beauti- 
ful stalactites. 
As the boat moves slowly onward you come to verita- 
ble coral grottos. All about them and in their limpid 
depths thousands of brilliantly uniformed fish are ma- 
neuvring. Sea anemones garland the sides of the shoal, 
and a chevaux de frise of sponges, sea urchins, black, white 
and yellow,covers the top and ambuscades the approaches. 
As you gaze enraptured into these moss-lined coral 
caves, it requires no great stretch of the imagination to 
conceive them to be the enchanted retreats of the fabled 
siren and mermaid. As you proceed, troops of great yel- 
low and brown star-fish appear, and hugeconchs, beard- 
ed with green and russet sea-weed. 
Occasionally a small body, with staring eyes and eight 
long tentacles, is seen prowling slowly around—’tis the 
repulsive and dreaded octupus. Or perhaps a great broad, 
black monster, with wing-like fins and long whip-like tails 
comes boldly swimming along—the ray, or devil-fish. 
All about are red and black sponges, many of them two 
feet in diameter. Some of curious form and structure, 
others plume-like and feathery, and over all the bottom 
are patches of green and red and brown alga, the ferns 
and flowers of the sea.—Can. Phar. Jour. 
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