Sea

[AS.] A large body of salt water smaller very small quantity of carbonate of lime. The usual tint of the sea is bluish-green but the color of the soil or the color of the sky, and other local circumstances, produce many variations. The sea is inhabited by a vast number and var i¬ ety of animals, from the simplest forms to the fish, reptiles like the turtle, and mammals like the whales and seals. Many forms are found at great depths in the water, some of these being phosphorescent; some are blind, others have very large eyes. There are also many small phos¬ phorescent animals on the surface, so abundant in places that the ocean seems like a sea of fire.