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Excerpt from Ocean Life The Sea, which is the least explored of Nature's realms, holds within it a wonderfully organized world, peculiar to itself. It abounds with a living flora and fauna, which, though obscure and strange, arc equally beautiful and useful. An endeavor has been made to exhibit in one group, representations of some of the most interesting submarine forms, occurring in southern latitudes, off the coasts of America; observing their forms, colors, and habits, so truthfully, that the plate shall prove of value to the lover of nature, and afford delight and instruction, to the intelligent mind and cultivated taste. Seventy-five species of the lower forms of vegetable and animal life arc shown of their natural size, and as they appear in their native element. The grouping may be considered, rather as an intellectual truth, than as a literal view. - It might be termed a mental oasis of the sea. - And it should be remembered that the floor of the ocean is not every where adorned with such forms of beauty. On the contrary, it has its seeming wastes of vast extent, as well as the dry land. But even in those apparent deserts, the plummet has revealed myriads of minute Diatomace . About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."