HOW SAMMY WENT TO CORAL-LAND BY EMILY PARET ATWATER Author of "Tommy's Adventures," etc. _TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE "GREEN SHELL"_ _For much of the Natural History part of this little volume the author is indebted to M. C. Cooke's "Toilers of the Sea," and Dr. G. Hartwig's "Denizens of the Deep." She has thought it desirable to mingle some fiction with the facts, but trusts that the "Gentle Reader" will easily distinguish the one from the other._ CONTENTS HOW SAMMY WENT TO CORAL-LAND I. HOW SAMMY WENT OUT TO SEE THE WORLD II. HOW SAMMY ESCAPED FROM THE SHARK AND MADE THE ACQUAINTANCE OF THE HERMIT-CRAB III. THE STAR-FISH, THE UNSOCIABLE OYSTERS AND THE PILOT IV. ON TO CORAL-LAND V. IN CORAL-LAND List of Illustrations "SAMMY" HERMIT-CRAB HERMIT-CRAB IN SHELL CALLING CRAB STAR-FISH Meteor proved very friendly indeed HAMMERHEADED SHARK A Terribly Fierce Monster is the Hammerheaded Shark