LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[A WINTER WRECK AT PAMET
Photo by R. Whiting]		[Frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
[THE BEACH
Photo by Morrison]		[5]
[THE EASTHAM DUNES FROM THE INLET
Photo by Bradford]		[12]
[THE SIERRAS OF SAND AND SNOW
Photo by Bradford]		[17]
[HERRING GULLS
Photo by Bradford]		[32]
[SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS
Photo by Dr. A. B. Klugh]		[37]
[THE EDGE OF FOAM
Photo by Bradford]		[44]
[SLIDE AND SEETHE
Photo by Bradford]		[49]
[SUMMER BREAKERS
Photo by G. A. Whiting]		[53]
[THE BURST OF A WAVE
Photo by Bradford]		[60]
[THE WINTER BEACH
Photo by Morrison]		[64]
[THE BANK AFTER THE STORM
Photo by G. A. Whiting]		[85]
[DOVEKIES OR LITTLE AUKS
Photo by Donald B. MacMillan. Courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History]		[92]
[THE RAZOR-BILLED AUK
Photo by A. C. Bent]		[104]
[BRÜNNICH’S MURRES AT NEST IN THE SUMMER NORTH
Photo by A. C. Bent]		[113]
[THE WRECK OF THE “MONTCLAIR”
Photo by G. A. Whiting]		[120]
[NAUSET STATION
Photo by Bradford]		[128]
[A SURFMAN OF THE CAPE
Photo by Bradford]		[136]
[THE BAY SIDE
Photo by Bradford]		[145]
[FIRE IN THE PITCH PINES
Photo by Bradford]		[160]
[THE EASTHAM MOORS
Photo by Bradford]		[165]
[THE HIGHLAND LIGHT
Photo by Bradford]		[172]
[THE SEQUEL OF A FOG ON A SUMMER NIGHT
Photo by Fish]		[181]
[PIPING PLOVER AT NEST
Photo by Bradford]		[188]
[NESTING TERN
Photo by Bradford]		[193]
[TERN COMING TO FULL STOP HEAD-ON INTO THE WIND
Photo by Bradford]		[200]
[THE TERN CHICK
Photo by Bradford]		[208]
[A CAPE COD
Photo by Bradford]		[213]
[LATE SUMMER ON THE DUNES
Photo by Bradford]		[215]
[THE FO’CASTLE
Photo by Bradford]		[218]
[SUNRISE FROM CAPE COD
Photo by Bradford]		[220]

THE OUTERMOST HOUSE

THE OUTERMOST HOUSE

Chapter I
THE BEACH