THE SEA-SHORE 



CHAPTER I 

 FISHES 



PLATE I 



THE GOBIES (i and 2) 



TN this little book I want to talk to you about 

 some of the strange and wonderful creatures 

 which you may find when you go to stay by the 

 sea-side. And first of all I should like to tell you 

 something about the fishes. A great many of 

 these, of course, live in the deep water, where you 

 cannot catch them, or even see them. But there 

 are a good many others which you can find very 

 easily indeed. All that you have to do is to wait 

 until the tide has gone out, and then to go down 

 and look into the pools which are left among 

 the rocks. There you are almost sure to see 

 a number of shadowy forms darting to and fro 

 through the water. Some of these, most likely, 

 will be shrimps and prawns, which are always 

 very common in the rock-pools; but the others 

 will be tiny fishes. And even if you have not 

 got a net you can often catch them quite easily. 



