The Bookshelf for boys and girls Book of Wonders and Curious Things (1912)
University Society, New York · New York: University Society · leaf 221
with blue and iridescent tints;and as the fish swam along on or near the sur-face of the water, this great fin naturally wavedto and fro, so that, from a distance, it couldeasily be mistaken for a curious sail. Some of these fishes attain a length of overtwenty feet, and have large, crescent-shaped… … BY H. S. CANFIELD Among the passengers on board the United Statessteamship Petrel, detailed to make deep-seasoundings under the auspices of the SmithsonianInstitution, were Professor George Crenshaw ofthe Smithsonian Institution and Robert Lessing,his nephew. Bob was recovering from typhoidfever,…
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