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but the lion or tiger must surprise its prey and seize it with 

 a sudden spring ; such animals are incapable of catching it by 

 a straightforward pursuit. 



The study, however, of the relations of animals to their 

 environment and to each other constitutes the lifelong fascina- 

 tion of the study of Zoology : it is indeed like a great book 

 of fairy-stories, wherein every new page contains fresh surprises 

 the probing into it affords a constant source of pleasure 

 which, as Sir Ray Lankester says, persists when all other 

 pleasures seem vain. 



Before, however, we can enjoy this pleasure or appreciate 



the marvels which Nature spreads before the discerning eye, 



we must attain a fair knowledge of the main types of structure 



met with in the animal kingdom, and this knowledge it is of 



course utterly impossible to impart within the limits of a 



book like this. It is not to be attained, and therein it 



resembles all valuable things, without a certain amount of 



drudgery ; we must begin by knowing before we can compare. 



All scientific zoology must be based on the detailed study of 



I types. To this study of types, each considered as an isolated 



I problem, Huxley gave the name Biology, and on. this subject 



; he wrote his Elementary Biology, the first text-book in 



{ which the anatomy of certain types was carefully described. 



I Many good text-books on the subject have been written since, 



ind a list of the most suitable will be found in the Appendix. 



CHAPTER VIII 



THE BEARING OF ZOOLOGY ON THE QUESTIONS OF HUMAN 

 ORIGIN AND THE FUTURE DESTINY OF THE RACE. 



IN the last chapter we were occupied in discussing the relation- 

 ships of animals to one another, and the light which has been 

 thrown on these relationships by the work of Darwin. Inter- 

 esting as it is to unravel the relationship of one group of 

 animals to another group, it is not half so interesting as to 

 determine the relationships and history of the human race. 

 TLe bearing of the doctrine of evolution, therefore, on the origin 



