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Title: Within the Deep
Cassell's "Eyes And No Eyes" Series, Book VIII.

Author: R. Cadwallader Smith

Release Date: January 6, 2004 [EBook #10617]

Language: English

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WITHIN THE DEEP

By R. CADWALLADER SMITH

WITH EIGHT COLOURED PLATES AND MANY BLACK-AND-WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS

_CASSELL'S "EYES AND NO EYES" SERIES_ _BOOK VIII_

CONTENTS

LESSON
I. FISH FOR BREAKFAST
II. THE STORY OF THE FLAT FISH
III. SEALS
IV. SOME STRANGE NURSERIES
V. THE OGRE OF THE DEEP
VI. THE WHALE
VII. TIGERS OF THE SEA
VIII. THE DANGERS OF THE DEEP
IX. THE FISH OF OUR ROCK-POOLS
X. SOME CURIOUS FISHES
XI. THE GARDEN OF THE SEA

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

COLOURED PLATES

THE HERRING FLEET AT WORK IN THE NORTH SEA
THE SEA-ELEPHANT
CORALS OF MANY KINDS
WHALING!
A CORAL REEF
FISHES (No. 1)
FISHES (No. 2)
A GARDEN IN THE SEA

CASSELL'S

"EYES AND NO EYES"

Eighth Book

WITHIN THE DEEP

LESSON I

FISH FOR BREAKFAST

Of all the fish in the wide ocean world, the Herring deserves to be
called the king. He gives work to thousands of people, and food to
millions. Many towns exist because of him; if he failed to visit our
seas, these big towns would shrink to tiny villages.

There are several interesting kinds of Herring, but we will first look
at the one we know so well, which is such good food, either fresh or as
dried "kipper" or "bloater."

The Herring loves to swim in a _shoal_. From the time he leaves the egg,
during his babyhood, and all through his life, he explores the sea with
thousands of other Herrings crowded round him. His name is from a
foreign word--_heer_ or _herr_, an _army_. His enemies--ourselves among
them--find this habit of his a good one. It makes him such easy prey.

Here is a dense shoal of fish, moving slowly along near the surface. To
catch some is quite easy. The Dolphin, or