Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1866-02-10

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= myriad of pyramid@l pendants,
each forming . myriad more; giving
the reality 10 the imaginary abode of
some water nymph. H. other places
the pendants form arch after arch /;
and rs the diver stands on the bot
tom of the ocean, aud gazes through
these in the deep windings avenue.
he finds that they fill him with as
sacred an awe, as if he were in some
old cathedral, which had long been
buried beneath 'old oceans wave.
Here and there the coral extends
even to tire surface of the water, as
if those lofticr columns were towers
belonging to those stately temples
that are now in ruins. There were
countless varieties Of dimutive trees,
shrubs and plants, in every crevice
of the corals, where the water had
deposited the least earth. They
were a!l of faint hue, owing to the
pale light they received, although of
every shade, aud entirely different
from plants am familiar with, that
vegetate upon dry land. One in
particular attracted my attention, it
resembles a sea fan of immense
size, of varigated colors, and the
most brilliant hue. The fish which
inhabit those 'Silver Banks, I
found as different in kind as the
scenery was varied. They were of
all forms, colors and sizes-from the
Symmetrical goby, to the globe.like
sun fish; from those of the dulliest
hno to the changeable dolphin, from
the spots of the leopard to the hucs
of the sunbeam; from the harmless
minnow to the voracious shark.
Some had heads like squirrels, others
like cats and dogs, one small size re-
scmblcd the bull terrier. Some dart
through the water like meteors,
while Others could scarcely be seen
to move. TO cnumerate and explain
all the various kinds of fish l beheld,
while diving on these banks would,
were enough ora naturalist go to do
require more than my limits will al
low, for am convinced that most of
the kinds of fish which inhabit the
tropical seas, can be found there.
The sunfish, sawfsh, white shark,
blue or shovel-no-e shark, were often
seen. They were also fish which re-
sembled plants, and remained as
fixed in their position as q shrub
the only powers they possessed was
to open and shut when in danger.
Some of them resembled the rose in
full bloom, and were Of all hues.
There were the ribbon fish, from
four to five inches to three feet in
length: their eyes are very large and
protruded like those Of a frog. An
other fish was spotted like the leop-
ard, from three to ten feet in length.
They build their houses like bea-
vers, in which they spawn, and the
male or female watches the eggs
until they hatch l saw many speci-
mens Of the green turtle. some hve
fe~s lcag. which ssould think
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