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are in the same atmosphere. And what grottoes 
under the sea were ever so cool V* 
“In India,” she continued, “we are called ‘De¬ 
light of the Waters.’ In Egypt, where men believe 
the world rose from the waters, the deities are often 
represented seated on a Lotus, (for such is our name 
there.) The Persians consecrate us to the sun, 
whom they worship as ‘lord of the Lotus.’ The 
Egyptians also make bread of our seeds. And 
when the plain of the Nile is covered w r ith water, 
we are so abundant that we may well be called the 
‘watery world of flow r ers.’” Mary thought so too, 
when she imagined what a beautiful sight it must 
be. She remembered the corn and wheat fields 
that furnish the material for bread at home, and 
thought it must take many pond-lilies to make 
enough for all the people, if all the seeds were 
* Bernardin St. Pierre. 
