82 SELECTIONS FROM HUXLEY 



53 13 Dorset : a southern county ; Hampshire lies to the east, and 

 south of it, the Isle of Wight. Needles : pointed rocks of chalk rising 

 from the water at the western end of the Isle of Wight ; a dangerous 

 locality for seamen. 



53 15 Albion : (Latin albus, white) ; a name given to England, chiefly 

 in poetry. Note Caesar's account of the appearance of the coast of Eng- 

 land. 19 Flamborough Head : Yorkshire, juts out into the North Sea. 



53 23 weald : a great oval-shaped chalk area including parts of the 

 four southeastern counties. 



53 23 Kent : a southeastern coast county ; Dover is in Kent. 



56 22 stalagmites and stalactites : found principally in caves (e.g. 

 Mammoth Cave, Kentucky) ; made by deposits from water trickling 

 through and partially dissolving limestone. Stalactites hang down like 

 rocky icicles ; stalagmites resemble inverted stalactites. 



57 2 laminated : consisting of or covered with thin scales or plates. 



57 7 matrix : die or mold in which anything is formed. (Matrices of 

 type.) 



57 28 Globigerina (plural, -ae) : consult Huxley's description on page 62. 



57 32 spoor: the track or trail of a wild animal. 



60 7 telegraph cable : first laid in 1858 by Cyrus W. Field of New 

 York ; it failed to work after a few weeks. A second cable was laid by 

 Mr. Field in 1866, a great undertaking. Lord Kelvin was the scientist in 

 charge of this work. Since that time communication with Europe has 

 not been interrupted for a single day. 



62 8 filamentous : like a thread. 



62 9 amorphous : shapeless ; having no determinate form. 



6520 Sir Charles Lyell (1797-1875): the noted English geologist; 

 delivered the Lowell Lectures in Boston in 1841, and traveled extensively 

 in this country. 32 echinus : sea urchin. 



68 5 Hoxne, Amiens : Hoxne in England and Amiens in France where 

 rude flint instruments have been discovered. 



68 19 syenite : granite. 



69 7 Mr. Gunn: Robert Campbell Gunn (1808-1881) : an English 

 naturalist, noted for the collection of birds, mammals, etc., which he 

 made in Tasmania and sent to the British Museum. 



69 20 whirligig of time: from Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," V, i. 



72 32 pterodactyl, ichthyosaurus, plesiosaurus : prehistoric monsters. 



73 14 Foraminifera : shell-covered bodies. 



75 10 tertiary: the third order or rank. In geology the era. that fol- 

 lowed the secondary interval of time in the formation of the earth's crust. 



76 19 without haste, but without rest : a translation of the familiar 

 German motto, Ohne Hast, Ohne Rast. 



