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Title: Diversions of a Naturalist

Author: Sir E. Ray Lankester

Release date: January 19, 2020 [eBook #61195]
Most recently updated: October 17, 2024

Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DIVERSIONS OF A NATURALIST ***

DIVERSIONS OF A NATURALIST

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

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A CORNER IN A MARINE AQUARIUM, PAINTED BY PHILIP HENRY
GOSSE, F.R.S.

The scene shews the great white Sea Anemone of Weymouth. In front are two richly coloured sea-worms (Serpula) issuing from their calcareous tubes, attached to a dead scallop's shell. The green sea-grass (Zostera) and a translucent pink sea-weed, left and right, complete the picture

DIVERSIONS OF A
NATURALIST

BY

Sir RAY LANKESTER

K.C.B., F.R.S.

WITH A FRONTISPIECE IN COLOUR AND FORTY-THREE
OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS

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First Published in 1915