6IOLOT 



UBRAWf 



PREFACE. 



SOME years ago the Author, at the desire of the 

 editor of an eminent periodical, contributed a 

 short series of papers on one of the branches of 

 the Natural History of the Sea-shore. The ex- 

 tremely favourable reception which those contri- 

 butions had the honour to meet with from persons 

 qualified to appreciate them, has encouraged him 

 to present the following work to the Public. 



Its nature and object are perhaps sufficiently 

 indicated by its title of " Seaside Divinity;" it 

 may be added, however, that the work has not 

 been written with the view of teaching geology, 

 botany, or natural history, but of directing the 

 reader's attention to the many very striking illus- 

 trations of great and impressive truths which 

 those departments of science exhibit in the phe- 

 nomena and productions of the sea-shore. 



The studies to which the following chapters 

 refer are calculated in no small degree to enhance 

 the charms of a visit to the sea-shore, to yield 



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