Коралловый остров

Chapter 12

           And,moreover,Ididnotrequireeverafterwardstoreneworchangethesea-water,butonlytoaddaverylittlefreshwaterfromthebrook,nowandthen,astheotherevaporated.IthereforeconcludedthatifIhadbeensuddenlyconveyed,alongwithmytank,intosomeregionwheretherewasnosaltseaatall,mylittleseaandmysea-fishwouldhavecontinuedtothriveandtoprospernotwithstanding.Thismademegreatlytodesirethatthosepeopleintheworldwholivefarinlandmightknowofmywonderfultank,andbyhavingmaterialsliketothoseofwhichitwasmadeconveyedtothem,thusbeenabledtowatchthehabitsofthosemostmysteriousanimalsthatresideinthesea,andexaminewiththeirowneyesthewondersofthegreatdeep.

           Formanydaysafterthis,whilePeterkinandJackwerebusilyemployedinbuildingalittleboatoutofthecuriousnaturalplanksofthechestnut-tree,Ispentmuchofmytimeinexaminingwiththeburning-glassthemarvellousoperationsthatwereconstantlygoingoninmytank.HereIsawthoseanemoneswhichcling,likelittlered,yellow,andgreenblobsofjelly,totherocks,putforth,asitwere,amultitudeofarmsandwaittilllittlefishorothersmallanimalculesunwarilytouchedthem,whentheywouldinstantlyseizethem,foldarmafterarmroundtheirvictims,andsoengulfthemintheirstomachs

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