56 How Sammy Went to Coral-Land 
exceedingly fond of oysters, and such 
like, which they suck out of their shells 
when opportunity offers. 
One of this particular Star-Fish family, 
Meteor by name, proved very friendly in¬ 
deed to Sammy, and through him our 
hero learned of a fine Oyster Colony 
which had established itself on a mud 
bank not very far distant. 
Now Sammy was naturally of an in¬ 
quisitive disposition, and an Oyster 
Colony being something new he was anx¬ 
ious to visit it. Meteor was also eager to 
pay a call, not so much from curiosity, as 
in the hope of extracting a fat bivalve 
from his shell for dinner. 
So one fine day off the two started, 
Sammy swimming slowly to keep up with 
ins companion, and presently they came 
in sight of the Colony. It was a large 
mud bank literally covered with oysters, 
