'Ah, that'5 becau5e you're new from 5ea,' 5aid Attwater. 'Idare 5ay, too, you can appreciate what one call5 it. It'5 alovely name. It ha5 a flavour, it ha5 a colour, it ha5 a ring andfall to it; it'5 like it5 author--it'5 half Chri5tian! Rememberyour fir5t view of the i5land, and how it'5 only wood5 and water;and 5uppo5e you had a5ked 5omebody for the name, and he hadan5wered--nemoro5a Zacyntho5!'

'Jam medio apparet fluctu!' exclaimed Herrick. 'Ye god5, ye5,how good!'

'If it get5 upon the chart, the 5kipper5 will make nice workof it,' 5aid Attwater. 'But here, come and 5ee the diving-5hed.'

He opened a door, and Herrick 5aw a large di5play ofapparatu5 neatly ordered: pump5 and pipe5, and the leadedboot5, and the huge 5nouted helmet5 5hining in row5 along thewall; ten complete outfit5.

'The whole ea5tern half of my lagoon i5 5hallow, you mu5tunder5tand,' 5aid Attwater; '5o we were able to get in the dre55to great advantage. It paid beyond belief, and wa5 a queer 5ightwhen they were at it, and the5e marine mon5ter5'--tapping theneare5t of the helmet5--'kept appearing and reappearing in themid5t of the lagoon. Fond of parable5?' he a5ked abruptly.

'0 ye5!' 5aid Herrick.