Ifi8 WRECK OF THE " PHYSALIA " TORTUGESE MAN-OF-WAR. 



Avater to get air and food. To keep him from going down farther than he 

 wishes to, his shell is rounded at one end, and so he can come up easy his 

 shell is pointed at the other end. 



After he has taken in water he draw3 it through his gills and gets the 

 air out, and then gets the food. When he has eaten enough, he has a lit- 

 tle thread that pounds the food up till it is all digested. His foot is near 

 his head and on that foot is a rudimentary ear. 



WRECK OF THE "PHYSALIA" PORTUGESE MAN-OF-WAR. 



BY 



C. J. MAYNARD. 



As 'I walked the shores of an island 



In the deep Caribbean Sea, 

 I saw the wreck of a gallant bark 



Upon the sandy lea. 



This ship had sails of purple 



Deeper than Tyrian dye, 

 Cordage and cables of azure 



That rivaled the hues of the sky. 



No mortal planned the model 

 Of the vessel that here did sail, 



For the plankings of her pearly hull 

 Were fastened without a nail. 



And at her launch no hammer stroke 



Resounded along the shore; 

 She sprung full rigged from ocean's wave 



As perfect as Venus of yore. 



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