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increases in size 'pari 'passu with the growth of the Pagurid, and grows 

 out as a projecting rim far beyond the mouth of the gastropod, the 

 Pagurid would speedily be shelterless. As the Epizoanthus increases 

 in size, the gastropod shell, which at first occupied the centre of and 

 supported the colony, assumes a position near the periphery of the 

 colony and at the same time loses its lime salts so completely that it 

 causes no grating on being cut with a knife. In the largest colonies, 

 which are some four inches in diameter and one inch in thickness, only 

 the very apex of the mollusc may be visible, and that only on carefully 

 hunting for it, so deeply in the substance of the colony is the gastropod 

 imbedded. The hollow space in the Epizoanthus colony occupied by 

 the Pagurid is lined by a thin but firm layer of brown chitin, which is 

 easily detachable from the underlying cartilaginous-like body substance 

 of the Epizoanthus. The colours of the Epizoanthus contrasted strongly 

 with those of its guest ; for, while the latter had yellowish-pink claws, 

 orange legs, bluish orange carapace with pale blue spots and an 

 abdomen dirty brown in the male, crimson in the female, the ground 

 colour of the former was madder brown with purple polyps." 



We have by no means exhausted the interesting matter contained 

 in Captain Anderson's report, to which we would refer all students of 

 bionomics and of geographical distribution. It is a pity that the price 

 and publishers are nowhere stated on it ; but we presume that it is 

 published in the technical sense. 



The Zola Dossier. 



" Je te repute que tout y est," said Dr. Pascal, as he showed Clotilde 

 the famous family papers. And certainly we can echo this remark 

 upon reading the somewhat bewildering pamphlet, " Emile Zola, a 

 Study of his Personality, with Illustrations," which Mr. Arthur 

 MacDonald, the author of " Abnormal Man," " Le Criminel-Type," 

 " Criminology," and other learned books, has just produced. Assuredly 

 " everything " is here, — everything that we do not want. We learn all 

 about Zola's stomach, the size of his ears, and the length of his nose ; 

 the secrets of his digestive apparatus are laid bare to us ; we learn 

 with emotion that his sense of smell is so good that he knows before- 

 hand what there is for dinner ; " he can distinguish tomatoes, chicken, 

 mutton, and different species of fish " (the italics are ours) ; it further 

 appears that the " Bizygomatic diameter of head " is " 146 mm.," while 

 as to Zola's eyelids how instructive it is to note : " Palpebral fissure 

 or slit medium ; superior left one uncovered." 



Against such advantages as these must be set the fact that " the teeth 

 are bad. The alveolar arch is not normal " ; while " he is exceedingly 

 sensitive to pain." 



