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ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE SOUTHAMPTON BAR IN THE OLDEN TIME 25 CARISBROOK CASTLE 59 ARCHED ROCK AT FRESHWATER 84 GUILLEMOT 92 BLACK GANG CHINE 133

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FIG. PAGE

1. MEDUSA, OR SEA-NETTLE 30

2. SEA-JELLIES 32

3. THE PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR 37

4. TORTOISE 55

5. CARISBROOK GATE 59

6. KING CHARLES’S WINDOW 60

7. GROUND-IVY 83

8. THE SPOTTED MEDICK 83

9. WINGED FUCUS; BLADDER FUCUS; TANGLE 88

10. BURROWING MOLLUSCS 113

11. SECTION OF ALUM BAY 115

12. GRAMPUS 116

13. THE BEE ORCHIS 120

14. PLANT OF CROSSWORT 124

15. THE KITTIWAKE GULL 146

16. THE AZURE BLUE BUTTERFLY 152

17. THE HORNY SNAIL 159

18. THE MARSH SNAIL 160

19. THE STAR-FISH, OR FIVE-FINGERS 162

20. IRISH MOSS, OR CARRAGEEN 167

21. DUCK’S FOOT CONFERVA 168

22. FRESHWATER MUSSELS 171

23. MASS OF FOSSILS CONTAINING THE SIPHONIA, OR SEA-TULIP 179

24. SPONGES 183

25. CORALS 185

26. SADDLE-SHAPED ANOMIA 186

27. SCALLOP SHELL 188

28. WHELK (BUCCINUM) 190

29. TRUNCATED GAPER; SOLEN, OR RAZOR-SHELL; COMMON COCKLE; THE 192
KNEADING-TROUGH

30. THE MARBLED-WHITE BUTTERFLY, OR MARMORESS 203

31. THE CLOUDED-YELLOW BUTTERFLY 205

32. ICHNEUMON FLY ON A FLORET OF THE FLOWERING RUSH 206

33. RYDE-PIER 214

34. RIBBED MUSSEL 215

35. TIGER BEETLES 219

36. HELIX VIRGATA; BULIMUS ARTICULATUS 222

37. ARMS OF GERMANY 228

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GLIMPSES OF NATURE;

OR,

A VISIT TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT.

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