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Show at Sponge en Cngljsh Ceatt It Is not commonly known that mt . cral varieties' of small sponges art H round around English shores. Tlwj are mostly discovered between lilghiid . i low water nmrk, though they bear llttlt i rcHumljInuie, to the sponge of csav H inerce. OrouUuK sponges from "seed' , Is carried on tiff the coast of Florist. , The k?m sponges art) cut Into small 'M pieces and utiiiehi-d by wires lo circs- V Inr or trliingulur cumeut t)!o(!;s, and thru lowered (o the oceuu bottom, la nliout two yenrs they reach n sle salt- 4H .title for commercial purpoxes, where H Upon they arc removed und new Ml H cutthiKH lire uttnclied. The period of growth for an onllnury bath uponjt H meuKurlng uhoui a foot In diameter Ii leu 1 ours. For this reason sponge bed iiiv sMiloin worked Incessantly. An H exhuuHtl bod may be made profitable H to work after four years, during which H time the Mponges not worth gutherloK -H at the cessation have grown to rt- 'H bIK-ctiilile slae. H H - BBBl |
