HABITS AND LIFE-HISTORY OF STICHOPUS JAPONICUS. 



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people there had been a hundred years or more in the habit of putting 

 up loose stone-piles in the shallow sea in order to obtain a supply of 

 the holothurians. A village headman had thought it out from practical 

 experiences. Verily there is nothing new under the sun! 



Imperial University, 



Tokyo, Japan. 



Aug. 26, 1903. 



