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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 469

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ifi-cial light. Theybecomeactuallylikeblindmen,the sense of feeling becoming very acute; and,working from day to day as they do, they are,after some practice, wonderfully quick at thework they have to perform. In the case of thewreck of the steamship Caledonian, the menactually took the engines to… … AN OLD GLASS BOTTLE ENCRUSTED WITH SMALL SHELLS, FOUNDBY A DIVER, IN 80 FEET OF WATER, OFFTHE DANISH COAST. the divers worst foe is the conger-eel. Thiscreature attacks in swarms, and is most daringand exceedingly voracious. The congers barklike dogs, and never hesitate in the least tobite a man.…

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