. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 38'58' West oF Gr-eenwicln 58°43 0to5 Fathoms. Depths. 5 to 10 Fathoms. 10 Fathoms and upwards. 12 Miles. marine bed in columnar form, sometimes spreading out at top like " parasoles.'* These chapeiroes, or " large hats," as they are called, stand flush with the surface in depths of from 5 to 10 fathoms. They consist of innumerable many-coloured branches, of such delicate texture that they are often crushed, and their shafts even overturned by passing vessels, which continue their course uninjured by the collision.

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