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VII. Agalma Rubra 239 VIII. Galeolaria Aurantiaca 244 IX. Sea-urchins 290 X. Fishing for Holothuria 295 XI. Synapta Duvernæea 299 XII. Dredging for Oysters 374 XIII. Oyster Parks on Lake Fusaro 376 XIV. Pectinidæ 386 XV. Spondylus 388 XVI. Anodonta 340 XVII. Tridacna Gigantea 338 XVIII. Venus and Cytherea 336 XIX. Solenidæ (Razor-fish) 333 XX. Temple of Serapis 330 XXI. Conus 427 XXII. Cypræadæ 421 XXIII. Voluta 426 XXIV. Capture of a Gigantic Cuttle-fish 462 XXV. Shark Fishing 520 XXVI. Sturgeon Fishing on the Volga 528 XXVII. Fishing for Electrical Eels 539 XXVIII. Greenlanders Fishing for Halibut 551 XXIX. The Herring Fishery 580 XXX. A Roman Feast 593 XXXI. Fishing for Tunny in Provence 598 XXXII. Fishing for Mackerel Off the Cornwall Coast 601

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THE OCEAN WORLD.

CHAPTER I.

THE OCEAN.

Ἄοιστον μὲν ὔδωρ—"The best of all things is water."—Pindar.

It is estimated that the sea covers nearly two-thirds of the surface of the earth. The