CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 

 THE SCHOOL OF THE SHORE 



The Shore of the Sea In Deeper Waters near 

 Shore A Representative Population A Dif- 

 ficult Place to Live in The Struggle of the 

 Shore The Circulation of Matter Canni- 

 balism in the Cradle Shore Seaweeds Food- 

 getting on the Shore The Story of the 

 Angler The Star-fish and Sea-urchin Fight 

 Shifts for a Living on the Shore Masking 

 A Limb for a Life Colour Camouflage 

 Love on the Shore The Story of Palolo A 

 Great School i 



CHAPTER II 

 THE OPEN SEA 



Contrast between Shore and Open Sea The Float- 

 ing Sea-Meadows The Animals of the Open 

 Sea Sea-deserts Swimmers and Drifters 

 The Whale as a Great Bundle of Fitnesses 

 The Story of the Storm Petrel Open-Sea In- 

 sects Turtles Sea-Snakes and Sea-Serpents 

 Fitnesses of Open-Sea Drifters The Story 

 of the Floating Barnacle Hunger and Love 

 in the Open Sea The Open Sea as a Nursery 64 



