CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF SOUTHPORT ... i 



II. SOUTHPORT AS A RESORT FOR INVALIDS. Geology 



of the District General Remarks on Climate 

 Local Climate of Southport 21 



III. EFFECTS OF THE CLIMATE UPON DISEASE. 



General Claims of Southport as a Sanatorium- 

 Suggestions for Invalids 35 



- IV. ON SEA-BATHING 54 



V. NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTHPORT AND ITS 



ENVIRONS . ; . 64 



THE FLORA . . . 65 



- VI. THE SOUTHPORT BIRDS . . 89 



VII. ARACHNIDA AND CRUSTACEA OF SOUTHPORT . 103 



VIII. MOLLUSCA OF SOUTHPORT 114 



- IX. ZOOPHYTES OF SOUTHPORT 140 



X. FORAMINIFERA OF SOUTHPORT 158 



METEOROLOGICAL TABLES . . 166 



POPULATION TABLE OF INCREASE 172 



COMPARATIVE DEATH-RATE TABLE 173 



