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Tilt WAXES WHICH YESTERDAY WERE BREAKING" 



ing. Before me rises still another ledge 

 of rock, of much the same character 

 as the higher ledges. Standing on its 

 lowest step, I find that, notwithstand- 

 ing its insignificant appearance when 

 seen from the top of the cliff", it rises 

 three or four feet above my head. The 

 other side of this ledge slopes directly 

 to the sea, and all its hollows are filled 



with mussels, and its ridges crowned 

 with barnacles. 



But the deep pool at the foot of this 

 ledge, on its landward side, is my es- 

 pecial place of observation to-day. It 

 is the largest of these pools, being 

 about thirty feet long, five or six feet 

 wide, and perhaps five feet deep in the 

 middle. Kneeling on the sea weed, 







A STUDY IN THE WAVES ROLLING IN TOWARDS THE ROCK-POOLS 



