PREFACE 



Every year thousands of vacationists visit the 

 summer resorts of the New Jersey coast. The popu- 

 lation of such resorts as Atlantic City, Cape May, 

 Wildwood, and Beach Haven is doubled many times 

 when the warm summer months send throngs of 

 Philadelphians, New Yorkers, as well as residents 

 of more distant places, to the seashore to enjoy the 

 cool breezes and the salt water bathing. 



Rivaling New Jersey's beaches, Long Island has 

 its Rockaway, Jones Beach and many other resorts 

 from the popular Coney Island to the ultra-fashion- 

 able Southampton Beach. 



South of New Jersey, we find Rehoboth Beach, 

 Delaware, Ocean City, Maryland, Virginia Beach, 

 Virginia, and scores of smaller resorts that in their 

 turn draw countless summer visitors from the inland 

 cities. 



Many of these vacationsts like to walk along the 

 beach and look with curiosity upon the strange forms 

 of animal life that can be found in the tide pools, the 

 mud flats or washed on the sandy shores. While 

 these sea shells, corals, and the like may not be as 

 beautiful or colorful as those found on the more 

 tropical beaches, they also have much beauty and 

 fascination and often have peculiar stories to tell. 

 It is of these sea animals, found along our Middle 

 Atlantic Coast, that this guide book attempts to 

 treat. 



In addition to being a guide for the summer 

 visitor to the seashore, it is hoped that this book will 

 be used by students in schools and colleges and that 



