Author: Philip Henry Gosse

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-08-30

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 9781333414788

Excerpt from A Manual of Marine Zoology for the British Isles, Vol. 2 By a most singular coincidence, the number of figures in this volume is exactly the same as in the former, viz. Three hundred and thirty-nine; and as each genus is illustrated, we see that so far as our present knowledge goes, those genera of our Marine Fauna, which belong to the Radiate and Annulose forms, exactly equal in number those of the Mollusca and Vertebrata. Of these three hundred and thirty-nine figures, two hundred and thirty-two are original, one hundred being drawn from living (or, in the case of Fishes, from fresh) specimens, and one hundred and thirty-two from such as are preserved, either dry or in spirits. The list at the end of the volume will show the authorities from which I have copied the remaining one hundred and seven. I have added a Supplement to the first volume, supplying some omissions, and bringing it up to the present state of our knowledge. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.