. The sea fairies . IN following the fleet of argonauts the four explorers hadrisen higher in the water and soon found they had wanderedto an open space that seemed to Trot like the flat top of ahigh hill. The sands were covered with a growth of weedsso gorgeously colored that one who had never peered beneaththe surface of the sea would scarcely believe they were notthe product of a dye shop. Every known hue seemed repre-sented in the delicate fern-like leaves that swayed softly toand fro as the current moved them. They were not set closetogether, these branches of magnificent hues, but were s
. The sea fairies . IN following the fleet of argonauts the four explorers hadrisen higher in the water and soon found they had wanderedto an open space that seemed to Trot like the flat top of ahigh hill. The sands were covered with a growth of weedsso gorgeously colored that one who had never peered beneaththe surface of the sea would scarcely believe they were notthe product of a dye shop. Every known hue seemed repre-sented in the delicate fern-like leaves that swayed softly toand fro as the current moved them. They were not set closetogether, these branches of magnificent hues, but were scat-tered sparsely over the sandy bottom of the sea, s^ that whilefrom a distance they seemed thick, a nearer view found themspread out with ample spaces of sand between them. In these sandy soaces lay the real attractiveness of the no Chapter Ten place, for here were many of those wonders of the deep thathave surprised and interested people in all ages. First were the starfishes—hundreds of them, it seemed—lyin
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