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gical Gardens, which have been thrown off in a very perfect 

 condition by animals in the Societ/s collection. 



Many other points of interest will occur in reference to 

 the peculiarities of this class and their habits. We are 

 only yet beginning to study these things as we ought. A 

 spirit of investigation is just rising up among us, to which 

 the Aquarium has given a great impulse. 



Nor is the shore inferior in the opportunities it affords to 

 real lovers of nature, who, having eyes, see, and see to some 

 purpose. My readers will admire, with me, the spirit of 

 observation evinced in the following extract from Hugh 

 Miller^s work, entitled ' My Schools and Schoolmasters.'' 



"There are Professors of Natural History that know less 

 of living nature than was known by Uncle Sandy ; and 1 

 deemed it no small matter to have all the various produc- 

 tions of the sea with which he was acquainted, pointed out 

 to me in these walks, and to be put in possession of his 

 many curious anecdotes regarding them. 



" He was a skilful Crab and Lobster fisher, and knew every 

 hole and cranny along several miles of rocky shore, in which 

 the creatures were accustomed to shelter, with not a few of 

 their own peculiarities of character. Contrary to the view 

 taken by some of our Naturalists, such as Agassiz, who hold 



