CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 

 THE SCHOOL OF^THE SHORE 



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The Shore of the Sea In Deeper Waters near Shore A 

 Representative Population A Difficult Place to Live 

 in The Struggle of the Shore The Circulation of 

 Matter Cannibalism in the Cradle Shore Sea- 

 weeds 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 . . .-.:.; v ; t 



^CHAPTER II 



THE OPEN SEA 



Contrast between Shore and Open Sea The Floating 

 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 Insects Turtles Sea-Snakes and 

 Sea-SerpentsFitnesses of Open-Sea Drifters The 

 Story of the Floating Barnacle Hunger and Love in 

 the Open Sea The Open Sea as a Nursery . . 64 



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