CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. ON A NORWEGIAN FIORD i 



II. NATURE-RESERVES . . . . .13 



III. FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD . . -23 



IV. THE GREAT GREY SEAL . . . .32 

 V. THE GROUSE AND OTHER BIRDS . . .41 



VI. THE SAND AND PEBBLES OF THE SEASHORE . 48 



VII. THE CONSTITUENTS OF A SEABEACH . . -55 



VIII. QUICKSANDS AND FIRE-STONES . . .64 



IX. AMBER ....... 70 



X. SEA- WORMS AND SEA-ANEMONES . .77 



XI. CORAL-MAKERS AND JELLY-FISH . . .88 



XII. SHRIMPS, CRABS, AND BARNACLES . . .98 



XIII. BARNACLES AND OTHER CRUSTACEANS . . 108 



XIV. THE HISTORY OF THE BARNACLE AND THE GOOSE 117 

 XV. MORE AS TO THE BARNACLE AND THE GOOSE . 129 



XVI. SEA-SHELLS ON THE SEASHORE . . .142 



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