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dune above high-water will be found productive. In such situations beetles are also 
plentiful, and numerous birds select these resorts for nesting, though spring-time must be 
the season for our visit if our special interest is in the birds. But we have probably 
said enough to indicate that every part of the shore, if not covered by crowds of idle 
loungers, is worth close examination, and is sure to reward the careful observer with 
“specimens” innumerable, whose number and variety will be in exact proportion to the 
sais 
POOLS AMONG THE ROCKS. 
A good hunting ground for the seaside naturalist. 
seclusion of the ground worked. Therefore, turn your back upon the favourite resorts 
of the crowd of trippers, and seek some part of the coast they have not yet discovered. 
N.B—Don’t neglect to cast your eye over the bottom-boards of the crabbers’ 
boats when they come in and are beached after the morning visits to the crab-pots. 
[An interesting article by Mr. Step on the Masked Crab, mentioned above, will be given in an early number of 
ANIMAL LiFe.]| 
