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LITTLE FOLKS 
The common Sea Cucumber has more elegant relations. One 
that is found on the Atlantic coast, is a beautiful crimson color, 
with a wreath of tentacles exquisite as the most beautiful sea 
weeds. 
Naturalists call these curious fellows Holothuria, and here is a 
picture of one of the humble relatives of the beautiful creature in 
the other picture. 
Another one, living in the Chinese seas, is eighteen inches 
long, and of a lovely rose color, and transparent as glass. Running 
the whole length of its body are fine delicate white stripes, looking 
