WITH THIRTY-SIX ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR, PRINTED IN COLOURS BY LEIGHTON BROTHERS Advance of Waves upon a Beach--Foam--Shingle Voices--Climbing the Cliff--Look-out--Assault of the Sea--Defeat--Gulls--Descent--Cavernous Recess--Rock-pool--Purple-spotted Top--Its Progression--Tentacles--Eyes--Shell--A twisted Cone--Colours--Nacre--Dog-whelks--Notch in Shell--Its Testimony to Character--How the Whelk conquers the Bivalve--Its Weapon--Pelican’s Foot--Its Changes of Figure--Cowry--Description--Ciliated Proboscis--Vivid Colours--Growth of the Shell--Scallop--Superstition--Sea Butterflies--Leaping--Mantle--Eyes--Valves--Details of the Scallop Trade--Tenacity of Life--Sea Cucumber--Mode of Secur…
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