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works involved. The three-mile run immediately before 

 breakfast was now almost the only regular exercise that 

 my father allowed himself; and during almost the 

 whole of the rest of the day, from half -past four or 

 five o'clock in the morning until nearly eleven o'clock 

 at night, he was hard at work at his desk. The two 

 hours' sleep after dinner regularly from two o'clock 

 till four probably prevented him from breaking down 

 altogether. But perhaps the greatest marvel was that 

 the character of his work did not seem to suffer at all 

 from its quantity, and that he could write as brightly 

 and freshly after a long day at his desk as he could 

 when that day was just beginning. That he injured 

 his health by this close application to work can hardly 

 be doubted. He suffered greatly from sleeplessness at 

 night, and, had he deferred his rising to a more orthodox 

 hour, would have gained no real additional repose by 

 doing so. And probably the ill-health of 1877 and 

 1878 was caused almost as much by the reaction after 

 all this incessant labour as by the worry and anxiety of 

 the time. 



The character of " Bible Animals " is evident from 

 its title ; but the book is by no means a mere description 

 of the living creatures mentioned by name in the 

 Scriptures. It aims rather at elucidating some of the 

 obscurities of the Bible by showing the true meaning 

 of the many references to various animals ; and it is 

 intended, in fact, as an aid to Biblical study rather 

 than as in any way a popular Manual of Natural 

 Historv. 



