Ocean's Story; or, Triumphs of Thirty Centuries Maritime Adventures, Achievements, Explorations, Discoveries and Inventions; and of the Rise and Progress of Ship-Building and Ocean Navigation, from the Ark to the Iron Steamships

CHAPTER LV.--Fishing--The ocean as a field--The crops it yields--The

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sponge--Transplanting sponges--Coral fisheries--The coral an animal--The discovery of this--Oyster fishery--The oyster a social animal--The young oyster--Oyster culture--Dredging for oysters--The American oyster fishery--Pearl oysters--The value of the pearl fishery--Shark fishing--Cuttle fish 627