following
morning, when they came out, the buoy was picked up without difficulty
and the boat moored as before.

The second day on the reefs was an exact counterpart of the first,
except that Colin found it much more difficult to work through the L
glass. To look down at a picture which was reflected sidewise made the
drawing of it quite tricky until he caught the knack. Also, shadows
under the water did not behave the same way as above. But, as before,
the entire day was given to it, and though the boy had a headache when
evening came, he had turned out a very respectable piece of work. The
fun came in comparing them.

"You're somewhat of an impressionist," the curator said, as he examined
Colin's two pictures carefully, "and you've succeeded in making your
sketches look more submarine than I have. But I think your perspective
is all out."

"I was afraid that it was," the boy replied, "though I tried hard to get
it."

"What do you think of them, Early Bird?" the museum expert asked, "I
won't tell you which is which."

The boatman, who had a full share of the intelligence and alertness
characteristic of the Bermuda colored population, so excellently
governed under British rule, examined the four pictures carefully and
then said:

"Wa'al, sah, Ah think Ah like these two the best."

He handed back Mr. Collier's drawing of the reef from the side and the
boy's sketch of the reef taken from above.

"I believe you're right, Early Bird," the scientist said, laughing, "the
lad beat me out on that one." Then, as he put the drawings away in the
portfolio he added, "And now we'll see how near we both came to the
right thing."

"How?" queried the boy.

"We'll search a while for perfect specimens. A diver is coming along
with us to-morrow and we're going to scour the reefs for fine specimens
of coral, sea-anemones, sea-whips, black rods, purple fans, and all the
rest of them. Those that we can preserve we will, but the sea-anemones
we'll have to work on in the Aquarium on Agar's Island, where they have
some magnificent specimens."

[Illustration: THE GORGEOUS SUBMARINE WORLD.

Golden sea-anemones, purple long-spined sea-urchins, orange-colored
sponges, and corals upon the white sea-sand.

_Courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History, N. Y._]

[Illustration: THE GARDENS OF THE SEA.

Where purple sea-fans wave under the crystal water. Note the angel-fish
and various forms of coral.

_Courtesy of the Amer