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THE SEAS
'
.
'
the sands to deposit their eggs.
The latter also are in great
.
demand, they are about the size of a hen’s egg and are
said to retain their freshness for a considerable time.
Likethehawksbill, the green turtles have been decimated
as a result of being perpetually pursued ; and, from being
ease off the Atlantic shores of North America,
they now have to be sought in the remoter islands of the
West Indies.
Apart from certain kinds in fresh water, the other turtles
most prized as food are the salt—water terrapins which live
in ' salt
marshes along the east coast of America from
Massachusetts southward as far as South America.
These
are captured in large numbers for the market, either taken
from the marshes during the breeding season or, in the more
northern regions, dug from the marshes just as they are
beginning their winter sleep or hibernation.
At this time
.
they are extremely fat owing to the reserves of food they
have accumulated to carry them over the winter, and so
'
are excellent as food.
'
"
…
'
'
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SPONGES
Ï
,
.
As mentioned previously sponges are animals.
There are
many different kinds of sponges_ but only a few of any
commercial importance, and these are to be found -in
-
sufcient quantities in certain localities only.
.
The rst sponge sheries were in the Mediterranean where
from remotest antiquity the Greeks'of the Ægean Islands
have purSued this occupation.
Until the middle of the
nieteenth century the supply of
was
derived
solely
from the Mediterranean waters, but in 1849 new
»
grounds were-discovered o the coasts of Florida and the
Bahamas Islands.
These two regions, the Mediterranean
and the Bahamas waters, are still the sites of the most
important sponge sheries of the world ; and of the sponges
'
THE SEAS
'
.
'
the sands to deposit their eggs.
The latter also are in great
.
demand, they are about the size of a hen’s egg and are
said to retain their freshness for a considerable time.
Likethehawksbill, the green turtles have been decimated
as a result of being perpetually pursued ; and, from being
ease off the Atlantic shores of North America,
they now have to be sought in the remoter islands of the
West Indies.
Apart from certain kinds in fresh water, the other turtles
most prized as food are the salt—water terrapins which live
in ' salt
marshes along the east coast of America from
Massachusetts southward as far as South America.
These
are captured in large numbers for the market, either taken
from the marshes during the breeding season or, in the more
northern regions, dug from the marshes just as they are
beginning their winter sleep or hibernation.
At this time
.
they are extremely fat owing to the reserves of food they
have accumulated to carry them over the winter, and so
'
are excellent as food.
'
"
…
'
'
__
SPONGES
Ï
,
.
As mentioned previously sponges are animals.
There are
many different kinds of sponges_ but only a few of any
commercial importance, and these are to be found -in
-
sufcient quantities in certain localities only.
.
The rst sponge sheries were in the Mediterranean where
from remotest antiquity the Greeks'of the Ægean Islands
have purSued this occupation.
Until the middle of the
nieteenth century the supply of
was
derived
solely
from the Mediterranean waters, but in 1849 new
»
grounds were-discovered o the coasts of Florida and the
Bahamas Islands.
These two regions, the Mediterranean
and the Bahamas waters, are still the sites of the most
important sponge sheries of the world ; and of the sponges