What Does the Bottom of the Sea Look Like?
It looks very much like the land on which we live. There are mountains
and valleys, rocks and crags, trees and grass, just the same as we see
on land, except, of course, that there are no human beings to be seen.
Instead of birds flitting about the tree-tops, fish swim about them,
and where the squirrel and rabbit bound through the woods on land, the
great king crab and sea turtle drag their unwieldy forms on the ocean’s
bottom. Some of the scenes at the bottom of the sea are like fairyland,
and in tropical waters are often as beautiful and spectacular as those
we see in theatrical pantomimes. Delicately tinted sea-shells, great
trees of snow-white coral, sea foliage of every tint and shape, and
deep dark caverns, in which lurk the devil-fish and other odd looking
fish.
The Diver’s Outfit.
The armor of to-day consists of a rubber and canvas suit, socks,
trousers and shirt in one, a copper breastplate or collar, a copper
helmet, iron-soled shoes, and a belt of leaden weights to sink the
diver.
[Illustration: ADJUSTING THE TELEPHONE.