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Dwellers of the Sea and Shore 



parably gracile, it sways Innocently, innocuously, the 

 verisimilitude of an alluring spectral flower. Yet one 

 would little suspect its lethal nature. But should a 

 young sea worm or other small wanderer chance to 

 glide against the ghostly petals, it is lost. For the 

 petals are murderous tentacles; and they can inflict a 



THE WHITE ANEMONE. 



paralyzing shock, overwhelming the luckless victim like 

 the surge of a hundred thousand volts. 



Let us attend to the tide. When the water has 

 reached its lowest ebb it has at the same time reached 

 the point of its greatest productivity for the collector 

 or observer. Yet for that matter, in the five hours and 

 more which have elapsed during the tidal descent, 

 enough material will have been found to satisfy the 

 most ardent hunter. It is at low spring tide that all 



