LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The Weymouth Anemone, Actinoloba Dianthus, and
the contorted Tube-worm Serpula Contortuplicata		 Frontispiece
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1. A Portion of the Branching Tubular Growth
formed by Rhabdopleura Normani		 5
2. One of the Polyps of Rhabdopleura 7
3. A Piece of the White Branching Coral (Lophohelia prolifera) 9
4. British Marine Worms or Chætopods 78
5. The Shell of the Heart-urchin (Spatangus purpureus)
with its Spines rubbed off		 80
6. British Sea-anemones 85
7. A Common British Jelly-fish 94
8. A Common British Jelly-fish 96
9. The Larval or Young Form of Crustacea known
as "the Nauplius"		 105
10. The Common Ship's Barnacle, Lepas anatifera 109
11. A Large British Sea-acorn, Balanus porcatus 110
12. Two Stages in the Growth of the Common
Barnacle from the Nauplius Stage		 112
13. The Picture of the "Goose Tree," copied from
the First Edition of Gerard's "Herbal"		 123
14. Fanciful Designs by Mykenæan Artists, showing
Change of the Cuttlefish (Octopus or
"Poulpe") into a Bull's Head and other Shapes		 131
15. The Goose and the Barnacle 133
16. Copy of a Series of Modified Geese painted on
an early Mykenæan Pot, figured by M. Perrot		 134
17. Two Drawings on Pottery of Modified Geese,
from Perrot's "Ossuaire de Crète"		 135
18. Leaves from the Tree, drawn on a Mykenæan Pot 136
19. Some British Marine Bivalve Molluscs 144
20. The Two Common Kinds of "Sand-hopper" 153
21. A Phosphorescent Shrimp (Euphausia pellucida) 154
22. The Crane-fly (Daddy-Long-Legs), Tipula oleracea 217
23. Comparison of the Right Half of the Lower Jaw
of A, Modern European; B, Eoanthropus from
Piltdown; and C, Chimpanzee		 277
24. Diagrams of the Lower Surface of the Lower
Jaw of A, Man; B, The Eoanthropus of Piltdown
(The Left Half Re-constructed); and C, The Chimpanzee		 283
25. The Piltdown Jaw and the Heidelberg Jaw 286
26. The Canine Tooth of the Right Side of the Lower
Jaw of Eoanthropus Dawsoni		 287
27. Canine Tooth of the Right Side of the Lower
Jaw of a European Child, Milk Dentition		 287
28. The Piltdown Jaw (Eoanthropus) 288
29. Complete Skull and Jaw of Eoanthropus Dawsoni 290
30. The Complete Skull and Jaw of a Young Chimpanzee 290
31. A Fertile Branch of the Scots Fir, Pinus sylvestris 305
32. The Common Yew, Taxus baccata 310
33. A Thin Slice across One of the Foliage Needles
of the Common Spruce		 314
34. A Thin Slice across One of the Foliage Needles
of the Silver Fir		 315
35. The Upright Female Cone of the Silver Fir,
Abies pectinata		 316
36. Structure of the Female Cone of the Silver Fir 317
37. The Female Cone of the Common Spruce, Picea excelsa 318
38. The Female Cone and the Foliage of the Common
Larch, Larix Europœa		 319
39. Female Cone of the Pinaster, or Maritime Pine
(Pinus pinaster)		 323
40. Female Cone of the Monterey Pine of California
(Pinus insignis)		 325
41. Female Cone of Pinus muricata 326
42. Female Cone of the Douglas Fir of North-West
America, Pseudotsuga Douglasii		 327
43. The Fore-arm of Man, with the Skin removed so
as to show the Large Superficial Lymphatic
Vessels resting on the Muscles		 334

Oh! how light and lovely the air is upon the earth! How beautiful thou art, my earth, my golden, my emerald, my sapphire earth! Who, born to thy heritage would choose to die, would wish to close his eyes upon thy serene beauties and upon thy magnificent spaces?—Feodor Sologub.