CHAPTER XIII. 



Results of The Agassiz Society — The Waiting World 

 — Consider — The Pheasant Shell — The Haliotis or 

 Abalone — Its Chief Species — The Contribution 

 Shell — The Black Abalone — Limpets — Their Anat- 

 omy — Key-hole Limpets — The Volcano Shell — Fis- 

 sure Shells. 



SOME years ago I read in a newspaper an account 

 of a lot of happy children, who were out on the 

 beach looking for shells. Presently one of the party 

 picked up a little thing, not more than a quarter of 

 an inch long and at once she began to dance with 

 joy, and to shout, "I've found a real Pheasant 

 shell !" "x\ Pheasant shell," asked the observer, 

 " what is that, and how do you know its name ? " 



"Oh," was the reply, " Mr. K. told us about it at 

 our Agassiz Society meeting; and see those beautiful 

 red stripes, and all these pretty little markings!" 



I never knew who wrote the article, but I do 

 know that there are thousands of children, all over 

 this great western region, who w^ould be better and 

 happier if they understood the interesting and beau- 

 tiful objects of nature w^hich lie about them in such 

 profusion. How many insects, birds, and other ani- 

 mals there are; how many flowers, trees and mosses; 

 what interesting rocks and minerals under foot, and 

 brilliant stars overhead; and each with a name, a 



