. Shells and sea-life. A GROUP OF ROCK-LOYERS. 21. finger, so I willnot give it here,but will advisethose of you whowish to look it upto study the Listof Figures at theend of this book, or to consult the Figure 4. books on shells in your school library. The shell is too small to be of much use as atent to the little creature that carries it, since itcovers only a small portion of his back. There^^^^ are a few other kinds, not commonly found,^^^ and for a description of these I would alsoFigures, refer you to the books on shells. Of the common limpets, — those that have nochimney-holes, — there
. Shells and sea-life. A GROUP OF ROCK-LOYERS. 21. finger, so I willnot give it here,but will advisethose of you whowish to look it upto study the Listof Figures at theend of this book, or to consult the Figure 4. books on shells in your school library. The shell is too small to be of much use as atent to the little creature that carries it, since itcovers only a small portion of his back. There^^^^ are a few other kinds, not commonly found,^^^ and for a description of these I would alsoFigures, refer you to the books on shells. Of the common limpets, — those that have nochimney-holes, — there are so many kinds that itis sometimes very difficult to be sure of the rightname. Figures 1 and 6 show the shape of theRibbed Limpet, which is gray in color and liveson the highest cliffs. Most ofthe specimens of it that you findwill be smaller than tlie picture. On the rocks between the tide ^^^^^ • limits, you may find a number of different kinds;some like Figure 7, — the Plate Limpet,—^ others
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