Coral and Coral Reefs

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Coral and Coral Reefs, by Thomas H. Huxley This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Coral and Coral Reefs Author: Thomas H. Huxley Release Date: January 6, 2009 [EBook #2937] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CORAL AND CORAL REEFS *** Produced by Amy E. Zelmer, and David Widger CORAL AND CORAL REEFS by Thomas H. Huxley [1] THE subject upon which I wish to address you to-night is the structure and origin of Coral and Coral Reefs. Under the head of "coral" there are included two very different things; one of them is that substance which I imagine a great number of us have champed when we were very much younger than we are now,—the common red coral, which is used so much, as you know, for the edification and the delectation of children of tender years, and is also employed for the purposes of ornament for those who are much older, and as some think might know better.