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The Innocents Abroad

CHAPTER V
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He found out.
We saw the usual sharks, blackfish, porpoises, &c., of course, and by and by large schools of Portuguese men-of-war were added to the regular list of sea wonders.

Some of them were white and some of a brilliant carmine color.

The nautilus is nothing but a transparent web of jelly that spreads itself to catch the wind, and has fleshy-looking strings a foot or two long dangling from it to keep it steady in the water.

It is an accomplished sailor and has good sailor judgment.

It reefs its sail when a storm threatens or the wind blows pretty hard, and furls it entirely and goes down when a gale blows.


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