CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER I. 
PAGE 
The Coming Storm, 13 
A Marine Cannibalistic War, , . . ... ... ... ... 14 
Mode of Attack and Defence, 15 
CHAPTER IT. 
On the Shore, 16 
The Mussel Fishers of Port- Glasgow, 17 
The Mussel, 18 
The Walking Process of Young Mussels, ... ... ... ... 19 
The Byssus, 19 
Mode of Byssus Spinning, ... ... ... ... ... ... 21 
Poison in Shell-Fish, ... 23 
The Mussel as an Article of Commerce, ... ... ... ... 24 
Mode of Mussel Fishing, 25 
Depletion of Mussel Beds on the Clyde, ... ... ... ... 25 
Mussel Wattles, 26 
Suggestions anent Depletion, ... ... ... ... ... 26 
CHAPTER III. 
The My tills Modiolus, or **Clappie Doo," 
The Barnacle, ... 
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