26 ANIMALS OF THE SEASHORE 



way to collect some of these off shore animals is to 

 walk leisurely along one of the beaches after a severe 

 storm. 



Obviously the animals of the greatest depths 

 are seldom or never carried to the beaches. It is 

 only those that live within a reasonable distance off 

 shore and at a reasonable depth that are even 

 occasionally found along the beach. For that reason 

 we will consider here, with a few exceptions, only 

 those species that live within about twenty-five miles 

 of the shore and in water of twenty-five fathoms 

 (.150 feet) or less in depth. 



