REVIEW 



OF 



THE ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTION 



OF 



FR. ESCHSCHOLTZ, 



PROFESSOR AT THE LMVERSITY OF DORPAT. 



It may easily be conceived, that in a sea-voyage 

 a naturalist has fewer opportunities of enriching 

 his collection, than when travelling by land ; par- 

 ticularly if the vessel is obliged to pass hastily 

 from one place to another, with a view to her arriv- 

 ing at her destination within a limited period. 

 During our three years' voyage, little more than the 

 third of our time was spent on shore. It is true, 

 that curious animals are occasionally found in the 

 open sea, and that a day may be pleasantly passed 

 in examining them ; but it is also true, that certain 

 parts of the ocean appear, near the surface, to be 

 almost wholly untenanted ; and accordingly a pas- 

 sage of eleven weeks produced only ten species of 

 animals: these, however, being met with only at 

 sea, are still but partially known to the naturalist, 

 and were the more interestmg to me, as, during 



