THE BOOK ABOUT THE SEA GARDENS 



are cetaceans of the same order as the dolphin, 

 grampus, and porpoise warm-blooded animals 

 not unlike the elephant, hippo, cow, and sheep. 

 The largest creatures in the world live in the sea, 

 as do the smallest also. If we admire strength, 

 we must marvel at the sea people, for they are the 

 strongest creatures in relation to their size that 



exist, and the swiftest also. They have more 

 radiant colouring than can be found anywhere in 

 the animal or mineral kingdom. Only the butter- 

 flies and some flowers begin to approach them, 

 and very few equal the glitter and lustre of the 



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