. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 90" West or Green wic It 70' Eed clay. E3 Corals, Coralline mud. EH Silioious sinds. Earthy deposits, tellurian mud. Pteropod mud. 620 Miles. recesses of the deep. But the dredgings of the Blake and of other exploring vessels in depths of over 2,000 fathoms have already increased the number of crustacean forms from 20 to 150 species grouped under 40 new genera. The deep waters of Florida, studied by Pourtales, are also found to be extremel}^ rich in forms resembling the fossils of former geological epochs, and comprising numerous phosphorescent species
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 90" West or Green wic It 70' Eed clay. E3 Corals, Coralline mud. EH Silioious sinds. Earthy deposits, tellurian mud. Pteropod mud. 620 Miles. recesses of the deep. But the dredgings of the Blake and of other exploring vessels in depths of over 2,000 fathoms have already increased the number of crustacean forms from 20 to 150 species grouped under 40 new genera. The deep waters of Florida, studied by Pourtales, are also found to be extremel}^ rich in forms resembling the fossils of former geological epochs, and comprising numerous phosphorescent species. In certain places the marine bed is covered with living organisms, and in the channels of the Lesser Antilles, near Guadeloupe, and the Saintes, about St. Vincent and Barbadoes, dense forests of pentacrini undulate on the bottom like aquatic plants on stagnant waters. The geological character of these marine beds and of the surrounding shores is far more varied than in the Atlantic Ocean. The muddy deposits in the central
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