54 Hem) Sammy Went to Coral-Land 
to descend and swim lazily about exam¬ 
ining the shell-fish, sea-snails and other 
curious creatures that made their home 
there. 
The long ledge had many inhabitants 
and Sammy was soon on very good terms 
with a couple of jolly sea-urchins, whose 
round, prickly bodies were half hidden 
in the little holes which they had bored 
in the rock. The sea-urchins made him 
acquainted with some relations of theirs, 
a family of star-fish living on a flat shelf 
of rock near by. The star-fishes proved 
very agreeable companions, being both 
polite and pretty: They had lovely 
orange colored backs, out of which pro¬ 
truded their five arms, or rays, giving 
them the star-like appearance from which 
they get their name. Under these rays 
were rows of tiny feelers, or suckers 
which they used as feet. With these a 
