THE COMMON SEAWEEDS 



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 BRITISH COAST AND CHANNEL ISLANDS. 



CHAPTEE I. 



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" Not lost the time in seaside ramble spent : 

 Braced is the frame, and mental health is gained, 

 Knowledge obtained of Him who made the deep, 

 And blissful love acquired of Kature's works." 



Heee we are at the seaside for our summer holiday 

 — the hot and dusty city a past thing like a weary 

 dream of the night. Our faces are cooled by the deli- 

 cious breezes, our life renewed by pure fresh air ; our 

 minds strengthened by relaxation if we have worked, 

 and soothed if by sorrow or illness we have suffered. 

 Who does not know the strong yearning for a wander- 

 ing by the seaside, the sound of the booming wave, 

 the dash of the spray on the rock's dark side ? and 

 who that has a home full of young lives does not 

 rejoice to see the rush out upon the sunny sands and 

 the preparations for a seaweedmg ? It is for seaweed 

 gatherers that I prepare this little book, to enable the 

 collector to distinguish one weed from another, and 

 interest him beyond the admiration of mere form and 



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