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be begun from five to six hours after the time of full tide. 

 In order to assist the beginner, a list of watering-places 

 which have a reputation as offering good hunting-ground to 

 the collector has been added to this chapter, but it should 

 be understood that almost every maritime village offers 

 facilities of some sort. The differences are chiefly differences 

 of degree, and in many cases a place acquires a great 

 reputation less on account of any outstanding merit than 

 because of the patient research of some particular worker, 

 who has given to the world long lists of animals as the 

 results of his shore hunting. It may be well to emphasise 

 the steady patience of such workers, lest the novice make 

 a pilgrimage to one of the places mentioned, and le 

 disappointed at not finding all the treasures for which the 

 place is famous. It should be remembered that lists such 

 as that of Professor Mclntosh for St. Andrews (see "Books 

 of Reference" at end) represent years of hard work. We shall 

 indicate subsequently the kinds of animals which may be 

 expected to occur at different parts of the coast, but may 

 note here that at such places as St. Andrews, North Berwick, 

 Dunbar, Alnmouth, Whitley, and Scarborough, the shore 

 fauna has a generally northern aspect. At the very many 

 favourable spots on the coasts of Dorset, Devon, and 

 Cornwall, such as Bournemouth, Poole, Weymouth, Port- 

 land, Lyme Regis, Teignmouth, Torquay, Paignton, Falmouth, 

 Penzance, and Ilfracombe, many rare and beautiful southern 

 forms occur. These are also, though to a lesser extent, 

 present at such places as Tenby, Aberystwyth, and around 

 the shores of the Isle of Man ; while as we travel further 

 north we find in the Firth of Clyde, e.g. at Millport, or on 

 the West Coast, as at Oban, a certain admixture of northern 

 and southern forms, the latter having spread up the warm 

 West Coast. 



