HOW SAMMY WENT TO CORAL-LAND
by
EMILY PARET ATWATER
Author of “Tommy’s Adventures,” etc.
TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE “GREEN SHELL”
For much of the Natural History part of this littlevolume the author is indebted to M.C. Cooke’s “Toilers of the Sea,”and Dr. G. Hartwig’s “Denizens of the Deep.” She has thought itdesirable to mingle some fiction with the facts, but trusts that the“Gentle Reader” will easily distinguish the one from theother.
CONTENTS
I. HOW SAMMY WENT OUT TO SEE THE WORLD
II. HOW SAMMY ESCAPED FROM THE SHARK ANDMADE THE ACQUAINTANCE OF THE HERMIT-CRAB
III. THE STAR-FISH, THE UNSOCIABLE OYSTERSAND THE PILOT
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
STAR-FISH—Meteor provedvery friendly indeed
HAMMERHEADED SHARK—ATerribly Fierce Monster is the Hammerheaded Shark
SWORD-FISH—The Enemythe Pilot-Fish Dreaded Most of All
REMORA—The Remora Has aWonderful Flat Apparatus on its Head
TORPEDO-FISH—One of thePilot-Fish’s Favorite Yarns was about the Torpedo-Fish
SEA-DEVIL—The TreacherousSea-Devil and an Unwary Fish
FLYING-FISH—One of the Schoolof Flying-Fish which Sammy Met
GLOBE-FISH—A Curious Inhabitantof Coral-Land
PORCUPINE-FISH—Another CuriousInhabitant of Coral-Land
A SCENE IN CORAL-LAND, SHOWINGSTAR-SHAPED FLOWERS OF CORAL, AND OCTOPUS
HOW SAMMY WENT TO CORAL-LAND
“Well, children,” said grandma, “which shall it be, fairy stories,stories about giants, or ‘really truly,’ stories?”
They had been spending a month at the seashore, grandma, Bob andEleano