The Ocean Kottom 
Professor: “And what would you expect to find on the bottom of the 
seaP” , 
Student: “Mud, refuse, sir, and fine sentiments.” 
We now descend to the bottom of the ocean to explore 
Davy Jones's locker. It will be well to bring along a light be- 
cause the lower reaches of the ocean are in perpetual dark- 
ness. Below a depth of a hundred fathoms there is virtually 
no light at all. 
‘ The ocean floor is by no means as unexplored and mys- 
terious as one might at first suppose. Doubtless there are 
many secrets still hidden from us—not only such obvious 
things as sunken treasure galleons, but also objects of scien- 
tific interest as yet unknown to us. There may be hidden nat- 
ural resources, minerals, petroleum fields, the remains of 
sunken cities. Imagine the thrill of the first archeologist who 
drops in a diving bell into the sunken city of Atlantis! 
There may be prehistoric animals we think are long ex- -— 
tinct still swimming about in the ocean’s depths. Crossoptery- 
gia, a fish supposed to be extinct two hundred million years 
ago, was caught off the mouth of the Congo a few years ago, 
Lt. Comdr. R. T. Gould, R.N., has pointed out that the 
number of sworn statements confirming eye witness observa- 
tions of “sea serpents” is so large, and the accounts so con- 
sistent, that there may well be more to the stories of a mon- 
ster of the seas than is generally supposed. The general run 
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