CHAPTER V 
IN CORAL-LAND 
Oh ! do you know 
Where the sea-flowers blow, 
Down deep in the ocean’s bed? 
Where the shy plants hide 
’Neath the swelling tide, 
And the Anemone lifts its head? 
Where the Nautilus frail, 
To set his sail, 
Creeps forth from the silver sand ? 
Then come with me, 
And you will see 
The wonders of Coral-Land. 
“ So this is Coral-Land ! ” exclaimed 
Sammy, wonderingly. “ What a beauti¬ 
ful place it is ! ” 
He and his companion had soon re¬ 
covered from the fright caused by their 
recent unpleasant experience, and now, 
filled with a comforting sense of tran- 
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