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XL THE UNKNOWN. 



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Charm of the Unknown — Expectation of an exploring Naturalist — 

 His daily Experiences — Experience of Mr Bates —Animals in 

 Brazil — A Natural-history Day on the Amazon — Anticipations 

 of Mr Wallace — The Far East — What may be expected in 

 Zoology — In South America — A great Ape — In the Oriental 

 Archipelago — In Papua — In China — In Japan — In the Farther 

 Peninsula — In Madagascar — In Africa — Hope points to Central 

 Africa — The Unicorn — Native Reports and Descriptions of it 

 — Dr A. Smith's Opinion — Drawings by Savages — Our Ignor- 

 ance of the Depth of Ocean — The Aquarium — Fancy Sketch by 

 Schleiden — Clearness of Arctic Seas, 271 



XII THE GREAT UXKXOWN. 



Wonders of Foreign Parts — Scepticism — Moot Points in Zoology — 

 Necessity of Caution — Liability to Error— Question of the 

 Existence of a " Sea-serpent " — Norwegian Testimony — New 

 England Testimony — Mr Perkins's Report — Mr Ince's Nar- 

 rative — Captain M'Quhae's Report — Lieut. Drummond's — Ob- 

 ject seen by Captain Beechey — Mr Stirling's Suggestion and 

 Personal Testimony — Suggestion of the Plesiosaurus — Profes- 

 sor Owen's Strictures and Opinion — Suggests a great Seal — 

 Captain M'Quhse's Reply — Mr Davidson's confirmatory Testi- 

 mony — Animal seen from the Barham — Captain Herriman 

 examines a supposed Sea-serpent — Finds it a Sea-weed — Cap- 

 tain Harrington's Testimony — Captain Smith's Sea-weed Ex- 

 perience — More Testimony from the Dcedalm — Examina- 

 tion of the accumulated Evidence — Recapitulation — Dismis- 

 sion of Sea-weed Hypothesis — Tests — Mammalia — Professor 

 Owen's Hypothesis — Reasons against it — Vagueness of the 

 Drawings — No Seal tenable — Cetacea — Fishes — Shark Hypo- 

 thesis — Ribbon-Fishes — Eels — Reptiles — Small Sea-snakes — 

 Occurrence of a true Serpent in the Atlantic —Serpent Hypo- 



