LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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"A large fish, like a monster bird, rose partly out of the 



water'' Frontispiece 



Paublo 5 



The Antennarius marmoratus and its floating nest formed of 



Gulf-weed 17 



Anthea cereus 21 



Sea-anemone and its young 22 



A jelly-fish 26 



Fort Jefferson 29 



An uninvited passenger 30 



Inside Fort Jefferson 32 



Green turtle 36 



The "Conch boys" catching turtles 38 



Hawksbill or shell turtle .- . . 43 



A game of leap-frog 45 



Astrcea pallida 53 



Multiplication of polyps by spontaneous fission . . . .54 

 Remoras clinging by their sucking-disk to the under part of a 



shark 58 



Sea-fan, or gorgonia 64 



Spider-crab 65 



Edible crab 72 



Porpita pacifica 79 



Velella Umbosa 80 



Preparation .83 



(vii) 



