. The study of animal life . the thicktangle, the openings, and the pink turf. Different colours, pale grey and green, purple, white, and goldââ the play of light through the water. Dumb swimmers there among the rocksâcoral, gluten, grass,rushesâand the aliment of the swimmers, Sluggish existences grazing there, suspended, or slowly crawlingclose to the bottom : The sperm-whale at the surface, blowing air and spray, or dis-porting with his flukes, The leaden-eyed shark, the walrus, the turtle, the hairy sea-leopard, and the sting ray. Passions there, wars, pursuits, tribesâsight in those ocean
. The study of animal life . the thicktangle, the openings, and the pink turf. Different colours, pale grey and green, purple, white, and goldââ the play of light through the water. Dumb swimmers there among the rocksâcoral, gluten, grass,rushesâand the aliment of the swimmers, Sluggish existences grazing there, suspended, or slowly crawlingclose to the bottom : The sperm-whale at the surface, blowing air and spray, or dis-porting with his flukes, The leaden-eyed shark, the walrus, the turtle, the hairy sea-leopard, and the sting ray. Passions there, wars, pursuits, tribesâsight in those ocean depthsâbreathing that thick breathing air, as so many do. The sea appears to have been the cradle, if not thebirthplace, of the earliest forms of animal life, and somehave never wandered out of hearing of its lullaby. Fromthe sea, animals seem to have migrated to the shore andthence to the land, but also tu the great depths. Of thelife of the deep sea we have had certain knowledge only CHAP. I The Wealth of Life. Fij. I.âSuggestion of deep-sea life. (In fiuiu a figure by W. ^Tarshall.) 6 The Study of Animal Life part i within the last quarter of a century, since the Challengerexpedition (1872-76), under Sir Wyville Thomsons leader-ship, following the suggestions gained during the laying of theAtlantic cables and the tentative voyages of the Lightning(1868) and the Po7-cupine (1870), revealed what wasvirtually a new world. During 3|- years the Challengerexplorers cruised over 68,900 nautical miles, reached withthe long arm of the dredge to depths equal to reversedHimalayas, raised sunken treasures of life from over 300stations, and brought home spoils which for about twentyyears have kept the savants of Europe at work, the resultsof which, under Dr. John Murrays editorship, form alibrary of about forty huge volumes. The discovery of thisnew world has not only yielded rich treasures of knowledge,but has raised a wave of wider than national enthusiasmwhich has not si
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