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19. Young B utter flyingfish caught with net in slick one 



mile from land. 96 



20. Sargassum Fish among its floating weed. 97 



21. The gorge through which I fought my way to sea. 100 



22. On calm days the tidepools of Nonsuch can be ex- 



plored for rare fish. 101 



23. A truce is declared at low tide on the Battlefield 



of the Shore. 108 



24. The plants of the sea (upper) and of the land 



(lower) almost meet at the tidepool's edge. 109 



25. The passive resistance of the Sea Anemone enables it 



to live and thrive in the zone of crashing breakers. 112 



26. The periscope eyes of the Peacock Flounder. 113 



27. Nonsuch Island from the air. The laboratories are 



visible, and the coral reefs from one to five 

 fathoms deep. 128 



28. Wading birds on migration. 129 



29. The bird blind at South Beach, Nonsuch, and the 



giant binoculars in action. 132 



30. Nestling Yellow-billed Tropicbird or Longtail. 133 

 81. Nestling Cahow or Audubon's Shearwater taken 



from its crevice nest on Idol Island. 140 



32. Nest, eggy and nestling Cahow, from Green Island. 141 



33. Longtail on nest and parent Cahow. 144 



34. Longtail nesting near the fatal arch on Nonsuch. 145 



35. Nonsuch in the calm of a perfect day. 160 



36. Nonsuch quivering in the grip of a hurricane. 161 



37. Shark-sucker clinging to the breast of a shark. 164 



38. Great Blue Shark embryo. Observe the perfect 



mouth and fins, the large eyes, external gills and 

 yolk sac. 165 



39. Land Crab in position of attack, and (lower) blow- 



ing out a mass of acrid bubbles as a last means of 

 defense. 172 



40. A group of Wanderer Crabs, Planes minutus, show- 



ing extremes of variation in pattern. 173 



41. The way of a Snail upon the rocks. 176 



42. Where the jointed armor of the Chitons defies the 



pounding of the surf. 177 



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