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ALONG THE FLORIDA EEEF. 



But what is that under him ? A turtle, surely. 

 Luff a little, please." 



Long John hauled the boat up in the wind a 

 trifle, and seizing a large scoop-net, Tom lowered 

 it under the PJiysalia and drew it up, and with 

 it a turtle about a foot long that had been 



Craw-fish. 



overpowered by its violent stinging apparatus. 

 Tom i ubbed the . purple mass away and finally 

 anointed the animal with oil amid the laughter 

 of the rest. Tom was a humanitarian. The tur- 

 tle was a hawk's-bill, the kind so valued for its 

 shell in trade. 



" It is too bad to lose this breeze by stopping 

 to fish," said the doctor finally. " Suppose we 



