"Oh, what an endlesse worke have I in hand, To count the Sea's abundant progeny ! Albe they endless seem in estimation, Then to recount the Sea's posterity; So fertile be the flouds in generation, So huge their numbers, and so numberless their nation." SPENSER. THE SEA-SIDE BOOK; BEING AN INTRODUCTION TO THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BRITISH COASTS. BY W. H. HARVEY, M.D., M.R.I.A., KEEPER OF THE HERBARIUM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN, AND WITH A CHAPTER ON FISH AND FISH DIET BY MR. YARRELL. LONDON: JOHN VAN VOORST, PATERNOSTER ROW. M. DCCC.LIV. 198.c.17. |