Diversions of a Naturalist

CONTENTS

CHAP.		PAGE
I.	On a Norwegian Fiord	1
II.	Nature-Reserves	13
III.	Far from the Madding Crowd	23
IV.	The Great Grey Seal	32
V.	The Grouse and other Birds	41
VI.	The Sand and Pebbles of the Seashore	48
VII.	The Constituents of a Seabeach	55
VIII.	Quicksands and Fire-Stones	64
IX.	Amber	70
X.	Sea-Worms and Sea-Anemones	77
XI.	Coral-Makers and Jelly-Fish	88
XII.	Shrimps, Crabs, and Barnacles	98
XIII.	Barnacles and other Crustaceans	108
XIV.	The History of the Barnacle and the Goose	117
XV.	More as to the Barnacle and the Goose	129
XVI.	Sea-Shells on the Seashore	142
XVII.	Sand-Hoppers	152
XVIII.	A Swiss Interlude	160
XIX.	Science and Dancing	170
XX.	Courtship	180
XXI.	Courtship in Animals and Man	189
XXII.	Courtship and Display	197
XXIII.	Courtship, Instinct and Reason	205
XXIV.	Daddy-Long-Legs	216
XXV.	The Moth and the Candle	226
XXVI.	From Ape to Man	236
XXVII.	The Skeleton of Apes and of Man	245
XXVIII.	The Brain of Apes and of Man	253
XXIX.	The Mind of Apes and of Man	262
XXX.	The Missing Link	275
XXXI.	The Supply of Pure Milk	292
XXXII.	Christmas Trees and other Pine Trees	302
XXXIII.	The Lymph and the Lymphatic System	332
XXXIV.	The Blood and its Circulation	342
XXXV.	Fish and Fast Days	351
XXXVI.	Science and the Unknown[Pg xii] [Pg xiii] Clyx.com