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— : ot—The Sea and its Living Wonders . —A Popular Account of the Marvels of tho Deep , and of the Progress of Maritime Discovery , from the Earliest Ages to tho Present Time . By Dr . ( i . Hartwig , author of "The Tropical World , " " The Harmonies of Nature , " "The Polar World , " and "Tho Subterranean World . " Fourth edition , enlarged and improved , with numerous woodcuts and eight chromoxylographic plates . London : Longmans , Green and Co .

Dr . HAKTWHI has , deservedly , attained a high reputation as author of several works in connection with Natural History . Any neAV work of his , or new edition of a previous work , is always welcome . This is especially the case with the present volume , for our knowledge of the ocenn and its tenants is far more limited than is our knowledge of the land and its tenants . Recent voyages have been undertaken

for the purposes of scientifically exploring its depths , and even at the present moment H . M . S . Challenger , with a staff of learned men , is circumnavigating the world , with a view to extend our information . Thus , " The Sea and its Living Wonders , " though an enlarged and improved edition only , will , we think , find favour with all classes of readers ; its appearance , indeed , is pretty conclusive evidence

of the increasing popularity of this branch of Natural History . Tho work is divided into three parts or sections , of Avhich Part I . deals with " The Physical Geography of the Sea , " and contains two entirely new chapters on "Marine Caves " and "Marine Constructions . " One of the earliest questions Avhich tho author touches upon , is the depth of the sea and the formation of its bottom . This , of course ,

is a subject somewhat difficult to investigate , but the ingenuity of our American cousins has been of great service in lessening this difficulty . Till recently , deep sea soundings were somewhat untrustworthy , but , thanks to an American inventiou , we can now feel some confidence in the results thus ascertained . The invention is thus described : —

" A hole is drilled through a 64-pound or heavier shot , sufficiently large to admit a rod of about three-quarters of an inch in diameter , this rod is about twelve or fourteen inches in length , and , with the exception of about an inch and a half at the bottom , perfectly solid . At the top of the rod are two arms , extending one from each side ; these arms being upon easily acting hinges , are capable of being

raised or lowered with very little force . A small branch extends from the outside of each of them , which is for the purpose of holding by means of rings a piece of wire , by Avhich the ball is swung to the rod . A piece of rope is then attached , by each end , to the arms , to Avhich again is joined the sounding line . The ball is then lowered into the water , aud , upon reaching the bottom , tho strain upon the line ceases

and the arms fall down , allowing the ball to detatch itself entirely from the rod , which is then easily drawn up , and the drilled portion of which is discovered to be filled Avith a specimen of that which it has come in contact with at the bottom . Thus , by this simple apparatus , the ocean bed may become , iu time , as well known to us as the bed of the Mersey or the Thames . "

From the chapter on " Marine Caves " Ave extract the following account of the Cave of Hunga in the Tonga Archipelago , a cave with which some of onr readers perhaps are not very familiar : — " Mariner , to whom wo owe our first knowledge of this wonderful play of nature , rclatea that , while te was ORG day rat hunting in the

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Island of Hunga , with King Finow , who at that time reigned over Tonga , the barbarian monarch took a fancy to drink his Icawa in tho cave . Mariner , ivho had absented himself for a few moments from the company , was very much astonished when , returning to the strand , he saw one chieftain after another dive aud disappear . Ho had but just time to ask the last of them what they wero about .

" Follow me , answered the chieftain , " and I will show thee a placo Avhere thou hast never been before , and where Finow and his chieftains are at present assembled . " Mariner immediately guessed that this must bo the celebrated cave of Avhich he had frequently heard , and , anxious to see it , ho immediately folloAved the diving chieftain , aud swimming after him nnder the water , safely reached the opening

m the rock , through which he emerged into the cave . On ascending to the surface , he immediately heard the voices of tho company , and still following his guide , climbed upon a projecting ledge , on Avhich he sat down . All the light of the cave was reflected from the sea beneath , but yet it was sufficient , as soon as the eye had become accustomed to the twilight , to distinguish the surrounding objects . "

Manner , however , with a very natural desire to obtain a better view of the interior of the cave , swam off again , fetched his pistol , some powder which ho managed to keep dry , and a torch which ha contrived to light , and thus obtained an excellent sight of the interior . He described its chief compartment , which on one side branched out into two smaller cavities , as bcinp ; " about forty feet Avide , aud the mean

height above the water amounted to as much . The roof was ornamented in a remarkable manner by stalactites , resembling the arches and fantastic ornaments of a Gothic hall . " According to a popular tradition , it is added , " the chieftain Avho first discovered this remarkable cave , while diving after a turtle , nsed it subsequently

as a place of refuge for his mistress , to screen her from the persecution of the reigning despot . The sea faithfully guarded his secret ; after a few weeks of seclusion , he tied ivith his beloved to the Fiji Islands , and on his returning to his native home , after tho death of the tyrant , his countrymen heard , with astonishment , of the wonderful asylum that had been revealed to him by the beneficent sea gods . "

In the chapter on " Marine Constructions will be found accounts of the erection of the Eddystono , Bell Rock , and Skerryvore lighthouses , by Smeaton and Robert , and Alan Stevenson respectively , as Avell as brief notices of the Plymouth and Cherbourg Breakwaters . The difficulties in the way of constructing these works were cnor . mous , but , to tho honour of the engineering fraternity , they were

at length surmounted , and the works remain amoug the "reatest wonders of our age . Part II . treats at great length of the " Inhabitants of the Sea " arranged in their several orders . We have neither time nor space to do full justice to the author ' s treatment of this portion of his work which , by the way , forms the bulk of the volume . Certain chapters

have been almost re-written , to AVit , those on Molluscs and Ccelenterata ( Jelly-fishes , Polyps ) while others again have been considerablyenlarged . The appearance , habits , and construction of well ni » h every living thing to be found in the ocean is full y described in this section of the work , which further contains abundant information on certain of the best known , and most profitable fisheries . The acconnta of the Frog . fish and | Hassar deserve perhaps to be quoted . "The

Frog-fish of the Asiatic islands , and the southern hemisphere , " saya Dr . Hartwig , " is not more remarkable for its hideous deformity than for its capacity of leading a terrestrial life . Not only can it live several days out of the water , but it can crawl about the room in which it is confined , a facility which it owes to the great strength and the peculiar position of its pectoral fins , which thus perform the office ef feet , Tbe whole aspect of tbese grotesque looking creatures ,