The Water World: Or, The Ocean, Its Laws, Currents, Tides, Wind-waves, Phenomena, Mechanical Appliances, Animal and Vegetable Life |
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abundant ammonite animal appearance Arctic Arctic seas arms attached bait BASKING SHARK beautiful birds boat body bottom called canoe Captain capture caught coasts color coral reef crabs creatures crew crustacea curious danger deck deep depth distance divers diving escape eyes feet in length feet long fins fish fishermen fishery floating frequently Greenland Gulf Stream habits harpoon head hook hundred icebergs immense inches inhabitants island jaws kind land living lobsters mackerel marine miles minute mollusks monster mouth mussels naturalist nautilus navigator nearly nets ocean Oppian oysters pearls pectoral fins pieces pilchards porpoise prey remarkable resemblance rocks Rorqual round sailing sailors seal seen shark shell ship shoals shore side skin sometimes soon species sperm whale spermaceti sponge struck surface swimming tail taken teeth thousand tide tion tribe vast vessel voyage walrus waves whale wings wonderful zoophytes