Page 205 - Adventures in shadow-land

and crimson. Through these seaweeds wander all
manner of strange creaturcs, such as human eyes
have never seen, for there is no truer proverb than

that “ There are more fish in the sea than ever
came out of HJ* There are miles and miles of

gray-green weed and emerald moss where the sea
cows and sea horses find pasture. There, too? are
the cities and villages of the merpeople, and

many a pleasant home standing in the midst of the
beautiful sea gardens, blossoming with strange

flowers and bright with strange fruit.
The houses are grottoes and caves hollowed out
of the rock, and for the most part very hand­

somely furnished, for there is a great deal of
wealth among the sea people. They have not

only all the mineral wealth of the sea, but they
have all the treasures that have been lost in the
deep ever since men first began to sail the waters.

Their soft carpets are made of sea-green wool that
the sea people comb and weave, for they are skill-

fill in the arts and manufactures.
They have soft, lace-like fabrics woven of sea­
weed, silks and satins that the water does rot hurt.

There is no coral on our Northern shores, but they