The Bookshelf for boys and girls Book of Wonders and Curious Things (1912)
University Society, New York · New York: University Society · leaf 224
ater whosetemperature was constantly just above thefreezing-point, and under a pressure ofnine thousand pounds to the square inch.To sink that net and bring it back againtook a whole day of steady labor. As a rule, however, the professor was toobusy to lecture. When waiting for the net tocome up he… … 208 MARVELS OF EARTH AND OCEAN seized the commoner fishes and threw them backinto the waves, saying in unprofessional language :Get out! You re as common as pig-tracks! Bob saw cuttlefish with six, seven, or eightarms; these last were the octopuses, but he didnot eat any of them, though the black…
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