CONTENTS 

 Part One. The Seashore 



PAGE 

 CHAPTER 



I. The Seashore Naturalist i 



II. Social Life in the Salt-Water World ... 15 



III. The Moon Snail 3i 



IV. The Starfish and Its Kindred 50 



V. The Comb Jellies and Others 70 



VI. Some Friends in Armor 85 



VII. Some Friends in Armor {Continued) ... 103 



VIII. Marine Groves and Gardens ii7 



IX. Feathers and Feelers Hi 



Part Two. The Tide Pool 



X. Flowerlike Forms and Fantasies . . . • 163 



XL Camouflage 184 



XII. Curious Creatures 198 



XIII. A "Living Fossil" 220 



XIV. More Friends in Armor 239 



Part Three. The Open Sea 



XV. Beyond the Horizon 257 



XVI. Living Lights That Never Die 275 



XVII. Into the Depths 293 



XVIII. Life in the Ancient Seas 307 



XIX. Our Salt-Water World 3i8 



Index 33' 



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