Fishes on the Mountains of the Sea 51 



games ; and here, though rarely, may be seen the sea otter 

 riding the great swells as they come seething in on the wind- 

 ward shores, lifting the masses of weed and tossing them 

 thither and yon. 



During great storms in winter these forests of the sea 

 are often wrenched and torn from place, and tossed^ upon 

 the beach in great masses ; from deep water massive club- 

 like floats rise, with slender vines many feet long, coiled 

 and entangled in the sea-wrack, telling the story of the 

 strange and beautiful vegetation of the mountains of the sea. 



