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GEOEGE BUSK, ESQ., E.E.S., E.L.S., &c., 



WnOSE ABLE AND CONSCIENTIOUS LABOURS IN THE FIELD OP IJESEAKCH TO WHICH ITS PAGES ABE 



DEVOTED HAVE LARGELY CONTRIBUTED TO OUR KNOWLEDGE OP HYDROID ZOOLOGY, 



WHOSE VARIED ACQUISITIONS, GATHERED PROM MANY' A REGION OP BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 



HAVE EVER BEEN, WITH GENEROUS DISINTERESTEDNESS, 



PLACED AT THE DISPOSAL OP ALL AYHO MAY BE WILLING TO USE THEM FOR 



THE ADVANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE, 



ONE OF MY EARLIEST FRIENDS AND MOST VALUED ASSOCIATES IN SCIENTIFIC WORK. 



1871. 



