In Coral-Land 
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All these shells had, of course, their 
living inhabitants, for a shell is always 
the home of some water animal, and when 
the owner dies the shell is left as a monu¬ 
ment, and very beautiful monuments 
most of them are. 
The Sea-Snail, the Cockle, the Razor- 
shell and many others have each a good- 
sized foot which helps them in crawling 
along, or in boring holes for themselves 
in the rocks. 
Sammy had taken some pains to be¬ 
come acquainted with the Nautilus and 
his family, whose beautiful little boats he 
had often seen sailing gaily along on the 
surface of the Lagoon, especially after a 
storm when the water was calm. 
The Nautilus has a beautiful spiral 
mother-of-pearl shell, and when on a 
voyage it uses part of its body as a sail, 
and the long tentacles about its mouth 
