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loose fragments of rocks that possibly cover the bottom, and examine 
their lower surfaces. Here he will find many curious ye onor 
l, only Éag no shell. r forms will be found in such 
novelties. Never leave a stone unturned in such places, si m ani- 
$ are proverbially shy, and prefer seclusion. He must also take 
advantage of the heavy storms that beat upon the coast, = along the 
ac 
a he may find certain species washed up in the greatest yg on, that he 
will rarely meet with at other times. The long mud-flats will repay him 
amuddy tramp at low water, for, crawling over the sa, or buried just 
conse its beans he will find certain mollusks and worms peculiar to 
p 
One of e richest. fields for collecting near cities will be found on the 
piles of any exposed pier, or bridge. We mean by exposure, & structure 
e 
; drag up at low tide from the sides of the piles by a slow raking mo 
a 4 perfect harvest of sea-anemones, sea-urchins, starfishes, shells, crabs, 
: ai and a legion of other forms that will keep him busy for some 
pocket lens, unless he carries it in his head, a ies to detach 
Belay rom the r ln 
amiss. For collecting animals beyond the limits described, | the On 
must possess a dredge, the simplest form of which is a triangle made 0 
: ag 
be quite : unlike those that he has met with in the zones mentioned above- 


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as a etita, before known only by a few specimens, Was T 
tring abundantly in a wood on Cape Elizabeth. The most in 
