H. B.QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS.CONTENTS[FOREWORD]CHAPTERPAGE[I.][THE BEACH][1][II.][AUTUMN, OCEAN, AND BIRDS][19][III.][THE HEADLONG WAVE][41][IV.][MIDWINTER][59][V.][WINTER VISITORS][91][VI.][LANTERNS ON THE BEACH][118][VII.][AN INLAND STROLL IN SPRING][143][VIII.][NIGHT ON THE GREAT BEACH][168][IX.][THE YEAR AT HIGH TIDE][189][X.][ORION RISES ON THE DUNES][218]LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS[A WINTER WRECK AT PAMETPhoto by R. Whiting][Frontispiece]FACING PAGE[THE BEACHPhoto by Morrison][5][THE EASTHAM DUNES FROM THE INLETPhoto by Bradford][12][THE SIERRAS OF SAND AND SNOWPhoto by Bradford][17][HERRING GULLSPhoto by Bradford][32][SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERSPhoto by Dr. A. B. Klugh][37][THE EDGE OF FOAMPhoto by Bradford][44][SLIDE AND SEETHEPhoto by Bradford][49][SUMMER BREAKERSPhoto by G. A. Whiting][53][THE BURST OF A WAVEPhoto by Bradford][60][THE WINTER BEACHPhoto by Morrison][64][THE BANK AFTER THE STORMPhoto by G. A. Whiting][85][DOVEKIES OR LITTLE AUKSPhoto by Donald B. MacMillan. Courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History][92][THE RAZOR-BILLED AUKPhoto by A. C. Bent][104][BRÜNNICH’S MURRES AT NEST IN THE SUMMER NORTHPhoto by A. C. Bent][113][THE WRECK OF THE “MONTCLAIR”Photo by G. A. Whiting][120][NAUSET STATIONPhoto by Bradford][128][A SURFMAN OF THE CAPEPhoto by Bradford][136][THE BAY SIDEPhoto by Bradford][145][FIRE IN THE PITCH PINESPhoto by Bradford][160][THE EASTHAM MOORSPhoto by Bradford][165][THE HIGHLAND LIGHTPhoto by Bradford][172][THE SEQUEL OF A FOG ON A SUMMER NIGHTPhoto by Fish][181][PIPING PLOVER AT NESTPhoto by Bradford][188][NESTING TERNPhoto by Bradford][193][TERN COMING TO FULL STOP HEAD-ON INTO THE WINDPhoto by Bradford][200][THE TERN CHICKPhoto by Bradford][208][A CAPE CODPhoto by Bradford][213][LATE SUMMER ON THE DUNESPhoto by Bradford][215][THE FO’CASTLEPhoto by Bradford][218][SUNRISE FROM CAPE CODPhoto by Bradford][220]THE OUTERMOST HOUSETHE OUTERMOST HOUSEChapter ITHE BEACH