CONTENTS. 



PAET I.— ILFRACOMBE AND TENBY. 



CHAPTER I. 



Page 

 The start — Ilfracombe — How to hunt for marine animals — Necessary equip- 

 ment — A day's hunt — Sea-hares — Terebellse— Aspects of the sea— Return 

 home — Glass jars and glass tanks — Identifying animals — Boolcs neces- 

 sary for the student — Delights of the microscope — Popular errors 

 respecting the microscope — Experiment, ...... 2-41 



- CHAPTER II. 



Superior charms of marine -hunting — Morning labours — The hermit-crabs — • 

 Corsicau brothers — Food of the crab — A comical fish — Zoological para- 

 doxes — Study of nature — Vitality of separated parts — Definition of life — 

 Organic law of division of labour — The terebella : its spontaneous fission 

 (Bonnet's experiments), its two circulating fluids, and double respiration 

 — Structure and function of its tentacles — Erroneous use of the terms 

 muscle and nerve — Always carry a basket — The lanes of Ilfracombe, 42-81 



CHAPTER III. 



Live animals sent by post — The Morte Stone— ""Wanted, a tin canister ! " — 

 The boring Molluscs, Pholas, Teredo, and Saxicava — How is the boring 

 effected? — Application of embryology to practical purposes — Respira- 

 tion of the Pholas — Dredging — The sea a passion — The dead Cephalopod 

 and its colour-specs — Need of a doctrine — Mormon preacher — Logic of 

 Zoologists — Cleopatra's pearl — Produce of a gale — The Eolis : its struc- 

 ture; how does it breathe? reasons for removing the Eolis from the 

 nudibranchiates — Water mingling with the blood, .... 82-118 



