[1] Owing to the comparative absence of bacteria in deep-sea water their bodies undergo little decay.

[2] The illustration shows the difference between the facial marks of the zebra and those of the hybrid. The latter, in this respect, bears much the same relation to the former as a blue-rock pigeon does to a fancy type.

[3] A volume of Redi’s poems, entitled ‘Bacco in Toscano,’ was published in 1804. Longfellow says of him:

[4] It had been seen before by Virchow and others, who, however, did not recognize its importance.

[5] The Times, September 21, 1900, and medical papers.

[6] Vide p. 162.

[7] ‘Inferno,’ xxvi. 26-28.

[8] Brit. Med. Journ., No. 2,394, November 17, 1906, p. 1393.

[9] Austen, Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, vol. ii., 1904, pp. 651-667.

[10] Medical Record, vol. liv., 1898, pp. 429, 430.

[11] Journal of Hygiene, vol. vi., 1906, pp. 77-92.

[12] Ann. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, vii., p. 29.

[13] Atti Soc. Modena, ser. 3, ii., Radiconte, p. 88.

[14] Atti Mus. Milano, xxxvi., 1896, p. 239.

[15] Theobald, ‘Second Report on Economic Entomology,’ British Museum (Natural History), London, 1904, p. 125.

[16] The dates given for the triposes are those of the first public examinations held.

[17] Rates, taxes, and tithe alone swallow up £45,000.

[18] Including about £10,000 capitation tax.