The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-11-02

Sailors never worry themseires
much about natural history; so wkn
Hawkins and his men first exploHd
the Falkland islands. and found Dc
beach In the possession OF colony Of
huge named seals they promptly
dubbed them sea lions. and the nanc
has stuck to I'o.l ever since. 10
big barred sharks on the Gulf OF NN-
leo are called sea tlgers. Tho nali,
however. 10 not given from any IN
cicd resemblance 10 the great lnd1n
beast OF prey. but on account Of ne
savage greed they display IN selz1g
and ronding TO pieces such food %
comes their way. Another shnk.
smaller and spotted. but equally fco-
clsua. Is known as the sea leoprd.
Around the British coast the Ash INST
hated and dreaded by nshermeu .
a sort OF dogilsh which hunts in pada,
aud from this and It's ferocity n 10 So
orally known as the sea wolf ht
there are sea representatives OF otter
less savage creatures. The sea bore,
for instance. which. though his I'M
ing would be harmless. as he haF 70
legs and IL only about six Inches ioak
yet has n head most curlOualy slmhr
In shape TO the animal he Ia nand
after. We have. too. the sea CO..,
which was once common enough 10 o.
brackish ostuariea OF Florida and Co
trail America. Ita real name 10 fpaa,
too. and "a looks about no lite lke
n COW as any creature could II 4.
In fact. one OF the seal family. aih
only resembles the COW In Ia plac1
disposition. its devotion to Is caf,
and It's habit OF peacefully graxllg
along the meadows Of sea graaIs
which line tho bottom OF the broad.
shallow waters. A sea COW. which was
nearly four times as big as her land
nameAake. used TO inhablt The lslands
OF the Behring sea: but la beef vas 90
excellent that II was killed on and Is
now extinct Another creature Of the
same family. which inhhbH TIE re-
mote Antarctic. Is known "a he sea
elephant, from lts quaint. trunk shaped
nose. The sea cat Is not true 10 name.
for she would scorn TO take the slight-
cat notice OF a sea mouse. which Ia
merely a sort OF gray, fluffy annelld.
Indeed. why the catfish was call,d 30
Ia mystery to lnQnlrofa. for he In A
heavy. ugly creature. with huge
mouth and row OF poisonous lpines
on his back. Sea chickens are not 30
profitable "a their namosakes Of the
! farmyard. Indeed. they are birds OF
evil omen, as their other MINES
Mother Caroys chickens. or stormy
petrcls. viii indicate. The sea han a
quite a different species Of blrd from
the sea chicken. II is far blu,r. 4,
found In southern waters, ana 4,
known by sailors as the Motley. Tern,
are the sea swallows 80 often pe,
and a kind OF small plover il ofter
called the sea lark. Like the sea cat
tue sea fox does not feed on bis natu,
raj prey. Instead OF sReaklnr INF,
ocean poultry yards for sea fosl q
! any description. the sea fox ansct,
I game much larger than himscsf Fo
. the sea fox there Is no other THAI N,
, thresher shark. creature whleA /,
J the bane and terror OF whales. n, a,
, tacks them generally in company vii,
} the swordhsh, aud, using his pov,,,,,
tail as fail. while the other ul,,d
It's lance below. soon makes an am,
OF HIS big cousin, Mermalds sAonl,
not be without sewing utensils a.
sea needles, the long and pointed 80
4 nsh. are common enough Nor she,'t
their gardens ho with out crops r1as
perhaps might seem peculiar IN 49,,
gardeners, consisting "a they dosA,a,
~ OF sen eucumbers and sea n.e,s'
Neither OF these are really yer.,S'a
at all. the former being the coma
name OF sort OF sea slug ana A.
latter for singing iellynsh. Sea ~,
and sea toads might be found w,sSl'
ing between the beds OF this m,.',,
pleasure ground, bu, they would -,
tslnly alarm the little mermaid, W. ,.
few things exist In nature urller ~
the huse-mouthed angler. or an
frog. and the spotted, shapeless ios,
fish. "A'