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WOODVILLE : ITS PETS AND ITS PUKSUITS. 



nerate according to the terms which I myself receive. I 

 have not matured my plans, but I think it likely that I 

 shall myself attempt ' Mammalia,' ' Ornithology,' ' Rep- 

 tilia,' 'Arachnides/ and 'Entomology/ leaving 'Ichthyo- 

 logy,' 'Mollusca,' 'Vermes/ 'Crustacea/ and 'Zoophytes' 

 for further consideration. Under these ten great heads 

 may, I think, be presented a compendious view of the 

 animal kingdom, commonly so called. I shall greatly 

 value any assistance or advice you may be pleased to give 

 me in these matters." 



The labour involved in this enterprise was immense ; 

 but it was spread over many years, and the subject was 

 to his heart's content. Taking the articles in their final 

 form, and as they have appeared in the edition of the 

 ' Encyclopaedia Britannica ' now in progress,* the follow- 

 ing is their extent as nearly as we can estimate : — 



Angling, . 

 Animal Kingdom, 

 Animalcula, 

 Bee, 



Entomology, 



Fisheries, 



Helininthology, 



Of course including Ichthyology, 



and the other articles, which he 



did not live to revise for the new edition. 



