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Updated: May 18, 2025
But now it is time to show another set of teredos, who burrowed and swarmed in the government offices where the principal scenes of our present study took place. In Paris nearly all these government bureaus resemble each other.
Willis walked down one of the city wharves. He was going to see his father, Mr. Sutherland, who was one of the men employed by the State Harbor Commissioners in repairing wharves. The piles that supported the wharves often needed renewing, being eaten by teredos. Sometimes the flooring of the wharves sagged and needed restoring to the former level.
He carried it to clear water and placed it on the sand. Now that it was out in the open, it could be seen that teredos shipworms had feasted on it and burrowed into it until it was nothing but a chair-shaped shell. The same was true of the cabin interior. It collapsed soundlessly under the prying bars of the frogmen.
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