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CONTENTS 



CHAPTER X 



THE DARK UNFATHOMED CAVES OF OCEAN 



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Last Recollections of the Andaman Sea : a Miraculous Haul in i88- 

 220 Fathoms : Glass-rope Sponges : A Hospitable Starfish : Other 

 Queer Fishes. The Lobster and its Deep-sea Relatives. A 

 Haul in 405 Fathoms : Coral Relics of a Bygone Age : Lumen 

 ademptmn. The Submarine Plain of the Bay of Bengal and its 

 Fauna. Hearts of Oak : Pro cive servato. Viviparous Bony 

 Fishes. Viviparous Elasmobranchs .... 145 



CHAPTER XI 



A TWO-MONTHS' CRUISE IN THE LACCADIVE SEA 



Ruins of a Stronghold of Mahratta Pirates. The Fauna of the 

 Depths of the Laccadive Sea. Illustrations of the Philosophy 

 of Thales. Cherbaniani Atoll. Byramgore Atoll and Chitlac 

 Island. Dredging off Calicut. Kiltan Island : Life Assurance 

 among Sea-urchins. Cardamum Island : the Feints of Crabs : 

 A Very Rough Bed of Pumice-stone . . . .162 



CHAPTER Xn 



A TWO-MONTHS' CRUISE IN THE LACCADIVE SEA 

 {continued) 



Betrapar Atoll: Aggressive Eels. Aucutta Island: Dead Flies in 

 the Ointment : Sea-fish in Fresh-water Ponds. The Lamentable 

 Story of Pitti Sandbank. The Island of Minnikoy : Geography 

 and Geology : The Lady of the Land : Social and Domestic 

 li[iS\\t\x\\oxis : Ad Illacrimabilem Plutona . . . > ^77 



