Contents. ix 



CHAPTER XV. 



PAGE 



Visit to Norway Professor Michael Sars and his son Norwegian 

 ponies Drobak Contraband crabs Visit to the Shetlands 

 The birds The women The Visors ... ... ... 197 



CHAPTER XVI. 



The lancelet The heart urchin Shore hunting The scoop - 



dredge ... ... 227 



CHAPTER XVII. 



Visit to Ireland Sunday in Edinburgh The mud of Montrose 

 Ear-bones of fishes The Norfolk broads Kindness of the 

 Rev. Mr. Gunn Pickling the spoils Leather-hunting ... 242 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



A goose A straggler It was crackit before The Scilly Isles ... 269 



CHAPTER XIX. 



Bait The Bonnie Dundee Correspondence ... ... 293 



CHAPTER XX. 



The British Association Pwllheli Porthdinlleyn Peebles 



Stornoway Shadows ... 309 



CHAPTER XXI. 



The Fisheries Limpets Pike Flying serpents The Ark ... 323 



CHAPTER XXII. 

 Services to scientific literature ... 344 



CHAPTER XXIII. 

 Conclusion ... ... ... ... ... 355 



