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Dwellers of the Sea and Shore 



foot to plow the sand. Instead of a crawler, it is a 

 swimmer, a little, indescribable, transparent speck of 

 jelly cavorting about in the water. 



This is the larval stage. Thenceforward the young 

 gradually assume a more snaillike appearance. It is 

 well into the ensuing winter, however, before they can 





EGGS or THE MOON SNAIL. (hK^HLY MAGNIFIED.) THE INDIVIDUAL EGGS CAN BE 

 SEEN AS THE SMALL BLACK BODIES CONTAINED IN THE LARGER CELLS. 



easily be recognized for what they are. But by the 

 time their further development obliges them to pursue 

 their course on the ocean floor, many thousands will 

 have perished by the way. 



What will happen to them, do you ask? 



Well, some will become food for the barnacle, the 

 clam, the sea squirt, and a multifarious but hungry host 



