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THE REALMS OF CORAL.
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“It is our most peaceful burying-ground, some hundreds of feet beneath the surface of the waves.”

“Your dead sleep there tranquilly at least; out of reach of sharks.”

“Yes,” replied the captain, gravely, “out of the reach of sharks—and men.”


END OF VOL. I.



CHARLES DICKENS AND EVANS, CRYSTAL PALACE PRESS.