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Foraminiferal Shells . .139 



Nummulitic Rock, showing several Species of Foraminifera . . 141 

 Sponge Spicules . . . . . . . . . . .149 



Sponges : Venus' s Flower-Basket ; Glass- Rope Sponge . . .151 



Common Rotifer 152 



Skeleton of Radiolarian 153 



Noctiluca Miliaris 156 



Pteropod or Wing-footed Mollusk 158 



Diagram of Coal-seam as seen in the Face of the Working of a Coal- 



Mine 184 



Thin Slice of Shale from Kettle Point, Lake Huron . . . .188 



Animal Remains in Amber 193 



Labourer Termite 196 



The Ship Worm ( Teredo navalis] ....... 200 



The Wood- Leopard Moth 204 



Worker Wood-Ant 213 



Burying Beetles ........... 216 



Skin-Eaters :.......... 220 



The Devil's Coach-horse . . . . . . . . . 221 



The Sacred Scarabaeus ......... 223 



The Clothes Moth .225 



The Common Brown Shrimp ........ 229 



The Great Black-backed Gull 233 



Street Dogs of Constantinople 246 



Jackals 248 



Kitchen-Middeners and their Dwellings 261 



Swiss Lake- Village of the Bronze Age 264 



Iron " Safety- Pin " found in Lake Neuchatel 266 



Petticoat Lane .276 



The Halles Centrales, Paris 291 



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