16 SEA A/OSSES. 



•*The breaV-n;;; ti-arr* ■' 



Oo a Hera AUil lock-: — ■.-:. 



In hunting through the tidal region for pbnt?, 

 hunt cvcr)?»'hcrc, and collect e\'cr)lhing found 

 ing, and when collected, like Captiin Cuttle, *• : 

 a note of ii." If you cannot remember without, carry 

 a small memorandum book and mtrr in it the 

 habitat of each |>articular kind as « > licet it 



'I1ic tide pools, that is, the little hsLsui^ m the rocks 

 out of which the water f'ver emptied, arc 



the places where the choicest cullecting may be liad. 

 And the nearer they are to Ic limits, the 



more likely they will be to have abuncbnce of vege- 

 table life in them. liut do not fail to look, also, 

 under the overhanging curtain of " Rockweed " which 

 shn'lovi'v the perpendicular sides of the cliffs and 

 grc.ii in^uldcrs. You will often find some beautiful 

 pLints there, as for instance, '^ PHhla eUgans^ 

 the Ciadophora rup^stris and other smaller " mosses." 



Third, by standing on some low projecting reef, 

 by the side of which the tide currents rush in and 

 out, you will see many of the more delicate, deep 

 water forms, all spread out beautifully and «: cd 



in all their native grace, carried past, back and 

 forth in the water. Many of these, like the Poly- 

 siphcnia . "" seldom thrown on shor- -'^ good con- 



