THE CREATURES OF THE SEA. 



VERY boy or girl who goes to school, 



and is able to read this book, knows 



that California is bounded on the 



"^ west by the Pacific Ocean. And 



perhaps more than half of all the 



boys and girls who live in the Pacific states, and 



have reached the age of thirteen years, have seen 



with their own eyes at least a small portion of 



that great body of salt water which rolls and 



splashes against our Western shore. 



A great many have stood on the beach and 



watched the long lines of breakers come tumbling 



in as if they were anxious 



to drown everybody who 



is looking at them. Oth- 

 ers have never been to the 



open beach, but have seen 



the more quiet waters of a 



bay or inlet connecting 



with the ocean. And still 



others have spent all their 



short lifetime on the moun- 



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REFEREl^CE TOPICS. 

 Tlie breakers. 

 The tides. 

 The coast-line. 

 Deep-sea creatures. 

 A dredge. 

 Lobster-catching. 

 Seaside resorts. 

 Coral islands. 

 The Greek language. 

 Geology. 



