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I. — Four people and the hall of shells . . 3 



II. — The mermaid's tea service 13 



III. — Purpuras. — Murexes . . 27 



IV. — MiCEOSCOPIC SHELLS ... 33 

 V. — Ianthina. — Tritonia .... .37 

 VI. — Sea secrets . . . . .43 

 VII. — A Portuguese max-of-war. — The Medusa fam- 

 ily 51 



VIII. — Pearls. — Mother-of-pearl . . 61 

 IX. — Flowers of the sea. — Story of the mermaid's 



lace 73 



X. — The Argonaut.— The Nautilus 83 



XI. — KocKED in the cradle of the deep . 93 



XII. — Gay, sad Scheveningen ... 99 



XIII. — An ancient family . . 109 



XIV.— Barnacles .... 117 



XV. — A sea fan and a sea parable . . . 123 



XVI. — A storm. — Razor fishes. — Byssus spinners. — 



Stone eaters. — Lighted tombs . . 135 



XVII.— Olites .... 145 



XVIII. — Growth of shells . . . 155 



XIX.— "Things unreck'd of" . . 163 



XX.— Trouble 169 



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