60 Hozv Sammy Went to Coral-Land 
“ They are stupid creatures as compared 
with superior fish, like you and me for 
instance ; but of course, since they have 
no head proper, they cannot be expected 
to use their brains. An Oyster has a 
large heart, however, as well as eyes, 
mouth, lips and liver, and he breathes 
through little tiny things like leaflets on 
each side of his body. I have heard that 
the oysters in the Indian Ocean contain 
very beautiful and costly pearls, as well 
as those in the Pacific, and other seas, 
and a good many common oysters have 
pearls in them too. 
“ They say that the two-legged land race 
value the oyster on account of the pearls, 
and that they are very fond of it as an 
article of food ; and indeed I’ve been 
told that this horrible race of land crea¬ 
tures will devour or make use of in 
some way, almost anything that comes 
