LIST OF FULL-PAGE ILLUSTEATIOISTS. 



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Abalones ... ... Frontispiece 



Listening to the smooth-lipped shell ; Triton variegatus . 19 



Pilgrim wearing his badge of knighthood .... 22 



The legend of the Tyrian dye 28 



The comb of pearl .39 



"One-seated shallops whose boatmen have departed" . . 51 



Hydroids and Jelly-fish 56 



Pearl-producing shells . . ... 64 



The mermaid's lace . . .78 



The argonaut .... ... 84 



Scheveningcn shell-gatherer . . .... 106 



A sea lily Ill 



Fishing for sea cucumbers in the Philippine Islands ; Holo- 



thuridaB ... llo 



Barnacles 119 



A fan gorgon ; Hermit crab 131 



lanthina communis, or violet snail, with float supporting 



eggs ; Patella vulgata ; Empty shell of lanthina ; Ensis 



ensis, or razor shell .... ... 139 



Conns textile ; Conus imperialis ; Oliva scripta ; Oliva por- 



phyrea ; Phasianella ventricosa ; Murex prinoeps . . 151 



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