Show ilowe homo of tho set sv Ser derrent rent tnt the clestion cp clu estion of the groat great sei sea ser pant cut lias has of lato late come boino before us with an all episcopal sanction tion but whatever ulay may lie bo tile lie explanation of the various a aphea alices which have gian a certain ascertain curi lency ency to a belief in tho the existence of su au unknown maline of some soma kind that small sea serpents exist erist is most tam they rie are ill all in ni arino arine and with the exception of one or two species never quit the alie water As might bo be expected audr such circumstances they bring furth forth their yuling all ain 0 and thebe cin dwila abua as toun as they in at e born mr ir boulenger Gouk nger tells us it that their home is essentially the coasts of tile tho indian ocean and tile tropical parts part of tho the wat em pacific from the alie persian gulf to now new guinea and north australia one species epe cies ho conever li oever Never ranges from west and benth africa to tho the western coast of tropical america kine ricaard aad extends northward to japan and Pout southward hward to new ew zealand quarterly review |