CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



A Flitting to the Coast — Rival Claims of North and South De- 

 von — Marychurch selected — Beauty of Devonshire Lanes — 

 Author's Outfit — First exploring Jaunt — Babbicombe Sands 

 — Pretty Rock-pool — Petit Tor— Jackdaws— Kestrel — Pol- 

 lock-fishing on the Rocks — Boulders examined — Contents of 

 a shallow Pool — Green Sea- worm — Smooth Anemone — Turn- 

 ing stones at Babbicombe — Finger-cutting Serpulai — Naked- 

 gilled MoUusca — Their Elegance and Beauty — Manners in 

 Captivity — Spawn of Doris — Form and Structure of the 

 young — Anthea — Its Form and Colours — Voracity of an Eolis 

 — Manners of Anthea — Its Mode of marching — of swimming 

 — Beautiful Variety — Reflections. Page 1 



CHAPTER II. 



Petit Tor — Squirrel — Limestone Ledge — Stone-borers — Anemones 

 and Sea-weeds — Clear Rock-pools — Daisy Anemone — Diffi- 

 culty of procuring Specimens — Mode of Operation — A 

 Metamorphosis — Description of the Species — Tentacles — 

 Colours — Varieties — Habits — Structure of the Tentacles — 

 Thread-shooting Capsules — Petit Tor Pools — ^Thick horned 

 Anemone — Description of the Species — Suggestions of Iden- 

 tity with A, coriacea — Its Habits — Beautiful Varieties — 

 Changes of Figure — Deep Tide-pool— Prawn — Its Beauty of 

 Colour — Changes produced by Exposure to Light. 21 



CHAPTER III. 



A Visit to Brixham — The Road — Character of the Coast — Berry 

 Castle — Legends — Brixham — Coast Scenery — Animals of the 



