CONTENTS 



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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 ... . - TO 



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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