CHAPTER 11 



THE HAUNTS OF LIFE 



(THE EXPLOITATION OF THE EARTH) 



'Sbe bas Dfvioeo berself tbat sbe mas be bet own fcelfgbt. 

 Sbe causes an enoless succession of new capacities for 

 enjoyment to spring up, tbat ber insatiable sgmpatbE mas 

 be assuageb. . .' 



4 Sbe tosses ber creatures out of notbingness, ano tells 

 tbem not wbence tbeg came, nor wbitber tbeg go. 5t is 

 tbeir business to run, sbe fcnows tbe roao. * . .' 



Goethe's Aphorisms, translated by Huxley. 



The Shore Fauna The Pelagic Fauna The Abyssal Fauna 

 The Freshwater Fauna The Terrestrial Fauna The Aerial 

 Fauna. 



THERE are six great haunts of life : the shore of 

 the sea, the open sea, the deep sea, the freshwater, 

 the dry land, and the air. And these have their distinctive 

 tenants. For while some types may be represented by 

 very similar forms in more than one haunt, and while some 

 animals pass from one haunt to another, yet on the whole 

 there is distinctiveness in the faunas of the various regions. 

 So we may speak of littoral, pelagic, abyssal, freshwater, 

 terrestrial, and aerial faunas. Besides the great haunts 

 there are minor haunts of much interest such as caves, 

 and brackish water, and underneath the ground. It must 

 be granted, too, that parasitic animals have explored and 



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