CONTENTS 
CHAPTER I 
THE SCHOOL OF THE SHORE 
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The Shore of the Sea—In Deeper Waters near 
Shore—A Representative Population—A Dif- 
ficult Place to Live in—The Struggle of the 
Shore—The Circulation of Matter—Canni- 
balism in the Cradle—Shore Seaweeds—Food- 
getting on the Shore—The Story of the 
Angler—The Star-fish and Sea-urchin Fight— 
Shifts for a Living on the Shore—Masking— 
A Limb for a Life—Colour Camouflage— 
Love on the Shore—The oe of Palolo—A 
Great School. I 
CHAPTER II 
THE OPEN SEA 
Contrast between Shore and Open Sea—The Float- 
ing Sea-Meadows—The Animals of the Open 
Sea—Sea-deserts—Swimmers and Drifters— 
The Whale as a Great Bundle of Fitnesses— 
The Story of the Storm Petrel—Open-Sea In- 
sects—Turtles—Sea-Snakes and Sea-Serpents 
—Fitnesses of Open-Sea Drifters—The Story 
of the Floating Barnacle—Hunger and Love 
in the Open Sea—The Open Sea asa Nursery 64 
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