CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



Eeturn of Spring — Flight to the Coast — Weymouth Bay — Its 

 Grandeur — Portland Breakwater — Its Utility — Harbour of Refuge 

 — Aquarium at the Zoological Gardens — History of the Scheme — 

 Gradual Enunciation of the Principle — Priestley — Ellis — Dau- 

 beny's Researches — Ward — Johnston — Mrs.Thynne — "Warington's 

 Experiments — Their complete Success Page 1 — 13 



CHAPTER II. 



Reconnoitring — Walk along the Beach — Belmont Bay — Shingle 

 unproductive — Sea-grass — Lucky-stone — Power of Memory — 

 Byng Cliff — Rocky Ledges — Promises — Scene from the Cliff" — 

 Steamer " Contractor" — Birds and Insects — Oil Beetle — Loon — 

 Peculiarity of Tide — Collecting Sea-weeds — Mode of Operation — 

 Yellow Winkle — Periwinkle — Its Usefulness — Confervoid Growth 

 in Aquarium — Removed by the Mollusks — Their manner of 

 Eating — Periwinkle's Tongue — Its Action and Efhciency — Wey- 

 mouth Anemone — Its Varieties — Black Sand-worm — Yellow 

 Doris — Cowry — Hairy Crab — Lobster Prawn .... 14 — 32 



CHAPTER in. 



Craving for the Remote — Visit to Portland— Wilderness of Stone — 

 Barren Shore— Tansy— Cowslips and Hyacinths— Burnet Rose- 

 Spurge- Land Shells— Garden Snail — Banded Snail— Heath 

 Snail— Silky Snail— Stone Snail— Elegant Cyclostome— Reasons 



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