LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



FACING PAGB 



AT HOME ON THE TROPIC STRAND - - - frontispiece 



" DEBIL-DEBIL " - - - - - - - 15 



nature's PUZZLE : FIND THE BIRD - - - - 19 



eRCHiD (phaius grandifolius) - - - - - 35 



ORCHID (BULBOPHYLLUM BAILEYI) - - - - "33 



A SPIDER CRAB ------- 39 



A SPIDER CRAB DISGUISED - - - - • - 39 



CASUATINAS .--..--- 55 

 TOURNEFORTIA ARGENTA - - - - - "57 



MACARANGA TANARIUS - - • - - -65 



UMBRELLA TREE SHADOWS - - - - - " 83 



SUN-SALUTED TREE FERNS - - - - - - 89 



"THE LOWING HERD" - - - - - "93 



PERFECT HAPPINESS - - • - - "97 



GIGANTIC OYSTER (OSTREA CRISTA GALLi) - - - I07 



SANDSPIT SWIRL - - - - - • - III 



GLOOM AND GLEAM - - - - - - - III 



COWRIES - ....--- 131 



"SOOSIE's" TYPE - - - - - - - 143 



TAPES - - - - - - - - 165 



LEAF VARIATIONS (FICUS OPPOSITA) : TYPICAL FORM RIGHT- 

 HAND TOP CORNER - - - - - - 169 



TELLINA - - - - - - - - 179 



A SHELL COLLECTION - - - - " - I 83 



TRITON ......-- 193 



DOMESTIC DUTIES - - - - • " - 20I 



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