W.D. & H.O. Wills

Wonders of the Sea

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Full set of 50 vintage cigarette cards.

This series consists of the following subjects:

• 1. Dolphins at play, a common sight in the Mediterranean
• 2. The Marine Iguana, the only sea lizard in the world
• 3. The Elephant Seal, which inflates its trunk like a toy-balloon
• 4. Yellow-bellied Sea-Snake, a poisonous marine serpent dreaded by fishermen
• 5. The Sperm Whale, which is sometimes found in British waters
• 6. A Penguin Diving. A bird which walks and swims, but cannot fly
• 7. The Blue Angel-Fish, a resplendent inhabitant of coral reefs
• 8. The Development of the Elver, one of Nature’s mysteries which has only recently been solve
• 9. A Fierasfer; the beautiful tomb of an unwelcome intruder
• 10. The Red Fire-Fish, an extraordinary inhabitant of tropical seas
• 11. The Frog-Fish, a grotesque inhabitant of the Sargasso Sea
• 12. The Sack-throated Whip-Tail, which frequently falls a victim to its own greed
• 13. The Sail-Fish, which has a fin like a boat’s sail
• 14. The Shark Sucker, which tours the seas as a dead-head passenger
• 15. The Sun-Fish, one of the most grotesque of fishes
• 16. The Octopus, the repulsive “Devil-fish” of romance
• 17. The Crab, “Melia,” which carries Sea-Anemones about in its claws
• 18. The Giant Crab of Japan, which resembles an enormous spider
• 19. The King Crab, a strange link with the remote past
• 20. The Skeleton Shrimp, a grotesque creature which lives among sea-weeds
• 21. The Spiny Spider Crab, which decorates itself with seaweed
• 22. Development of the Jelly-Fish — 1. A remarkable family history
• 23. Development of the Jelly-Fish — 2. A remarkable family history — continued
• 24. A Large Jelly-Fish, with its “nursery” of young Horse-Mackerel
• 25. The Argonaut, an ocean navigator which sometimes leaves its beautiful vessel
• 26. The Basket-Fish, a Star-Fish which climbs up coral-branches
• 27. The Carrier-Shell, with its protecting barricade of shells, coral, etc.
• 28. A Giant Sea-Anemone, which affords shelter to fishes and crabs
• 29. A Sea-Slug, which changes colour as its food varies
• 30. A Sea-Spider, a blind sea-animal
• 31. A Sea-Squirt, one of the most brightly-luminous of living creatures
• 32. Thick-spined Sea-Urchin, a well-protected inhabitant of the sea
• 33. Neptune’s Cup Sponge, one of the largest Sponges known
• 34. The Pearly Nautilus, the beautiful shell of which is often seen in Museums
• 35. Scallops Swimming, by rapidly opening and closing their valves
• 36. A Star-Fish opening an Oyster. A “tug-of-war” where the odds are on the Star-fish
• 37. The Giant Synapta; not a worm, but a member of the Sea-Urchin family
• 38. The Watering-pot Shell; not a true shell, but an aftergrowth
• 39. The Great Barrier Reef, Australia. 1,250 miles of coral-skeletons
• 40. The Mushroom Coral, one of the reef-builders of tropical seas
• 41. The “Sea-Fan” Coral, the beautiful skeleton of a colony of marine animals
• 42. Sea-Pens, fern-like colonies of sea-animals
• 43. Sargassum Weed, the drifting seaweed of the once-dreaded Sargasso Sea
• 44. A Gigantic Seaweed, probably the tallest plant in the world
• 45. An Earthquake Wave, one of the greatest perils of the ocean
• 46. An Iceberg; magnificent but dangerous
• 47. A Natural Arch; Durdle Door, Dorset
• 48. Phosphorescence of the Sea; Light without heat
• 49. St. Elmo’s Fire, formerly much dreaded by sailors
• 50. Waterspouts, a peril to ships in tropical seas