LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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" A large fish, like u, 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 20 



Fort Jefferson 2!) 



An uninvited passenger 30 



Inside Port Jefferson 32 



Green turtle .30 



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 05 



Edible crab 72 



Porpita pacifica .79 



Vele.Ua limbosa 80 



Preparation 83 



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