The Sea-Shore, Shown to the Children

Plate I. 1. and 2. The Gobies II. 1. The Smooth Blenny ” 2. The Spotted Gunnell III. 1. The Dragonet ” 2. The Pipe-Fish IV. The Flounder V. The Plaice VI. 1. The Egg of the Skat...

Plate VII. 1. and 2. The Cuttle VIII. 1. and 2. The Whelk IX. 1. The Dog Whelk ” 2. The Sting Winkle ” 3. The Periwinkle ” 4. The Dog Periwinkle ” 5. The Purpura X. 1. The Sea S...

Plate XIII. 1. The Oyster ” 2. The Saddle Oyster ” 3. The Cockle XIV. 1. Inside of Mussel Shell ” 2. The Mussel ” 3. The Horse Mussel XV. 1. The Variable Scallop ” 2. The Radiat...

XXII. 1. The Shore or Green Crab ” 2. The Fiddler Crab XXIII. 1. The Masked Crab ” 2. The Thornback Crab XXIV. 1. The Long-Beaked Spider Crab ” 2. The Four-Horned Spider Crab XX...

Plate XXVII. The Lobster XXVIII. 1. The Prawn ” 2. The Æsop Prawn ” 3. The Shrimp XXIX. 1. and 1 A. The Sandhopper ” 2. and 2 A. The Sand Screw XXX. 1. Acorn Shells ” 2. Ship Ba...

Plate XXXI. 1. The Sea Mouse ” 2. The Sabella XXXII. 1. and 2. The Serpula XXXIII. 1. The Terebella ” 2. The Lug Worm XXXIV. 1. The Nemertes ” 2. The Nereis

Plate Starfishes’ Legs XXXV. 1. The Five-Finger Starfish ” 2. The Bird’s-Foot Starfish XXXVI. The Sun Starfish XXXVII. The Brittle Starfish XXXVIII. 1. The Sea Urchin without Sp...

Plate XLV. 1. The Bladder-Wrack ” 2. The Oar Weed XLVI. 1. Coralline ” 2. Dulse XLVII. 1. The Green Laver ” 2. The Purple Laver XLVIII. 1. Carrageen Moss ” 2. The Sea Grass ” 3....

In this little book I want to talk to you about some of the strange and wonderful creatures which you may find when you go to stay by the sea-side. And first of all I should lik...

We now come to the Molluscs, or Soft-bodied Animals, of which there are a very great many. Some of them live in shells, like the oyster and the whelk, and are often spoken of as...

The “bivalve” molluscs are so called because they live in shells made of two parts, or “valves,” which are fastened together by means of a hinge. There are a great many of these...

If you hunt about in the pools among the rocks when the tide goes out, and look behind the masses of sea-weeds which cover them, you are quite sure to find a good many crabs of...

You are not at all likely to catch a lobster for yourself, for these creatures live in deep water, and are only to be taken by means of proper lobster-pots. But I must not pass...

If you go down among the rocks when the tide is out, and hunt in the muddy pools near low-water mark, you will be almost sure to find a very odd-looking creature indeed. It is g...

Of course you know starfishes very well indeed by sight, for they are flung up in numbers on the beach by almost every tide. But I wonder if you know where their legs are!

If you grope about in the dark nooks and corners of a rock-pool, quite close down to the water’s edge, when the tide is out, you may perhaps find a curious little creature which...

The most beautiful of all the creatures which live in the sea are undoubtedly the Sea Anemones, which are just like living flowers of all sorts of lovely colours. But I do not k...

In some ways these curious creatures are very much like sea anemones, and if you were to find one with its tentacles spread you would be almost sure to think that it was a small...

I dare say that you would like to know something about the sea-weeds which you may find on the shore; so I am now going to describe some of those which you are almost certain to...