24 CONTENTS. 



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Mosses and Lichens .---.* 

 The Beginning of Observation is all the Difficulty - - 325 

 Deficiency and Redundance of Names ... - 326 

 Animals better known than Plants Some of the Reasons 327 



Character of Animal Life 332 



The Egg - - - - 333 



Individual Differences of Animals .... - 335 

 Dispositions and their Expression - - - 35 



Monsters and Mules 338 



Wild Subjects best for Study 340 



Effects of Time on Countries on their Productions on 



Mankind 341 



The proper Method of studying Nature Its Advantages - 343 



LIST OF ENGRAVINGS. 



Ornithorhyncus Paradoxus 48 



Oak-twig, Natural Size 92 



Acorns A. and B. 93 



Penshanger Oak 94 



Ignis Fatuus 144 



The Glow-worm, male and female 145 



Vernal Grass Woodruff 179 



Dew on the Spider's Web 194 



The Geyser 219 



Hotham Island 243 



Hill-making under Water 250 



Cassavi (Jatropha Manihot) 256 



Watermelon in the Desert of Ajmere .... 275 



Rhinanthera Coccinea ....... 278 



Dry Rot (Xylostroma Giganteum) 285 



