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direction came to be founded in collegiate educational institu- 

 tions. The illustrious Sedgwick, to whom geology unques- 

 tionably owes its present position in Britain, set an example 

 in Cambridge which cannot be too much praised nor too 

 closely followed. 



Thus originated the gradual introduction of zoological 

 science into the curriculum of study for university honours 

 demanded of all, I presume, who mean to follow out a pro- 

 fessional vocation in France : England follows. The little 

 work I here present to the public contains the best outline 

 ever yet published of such studies ; from me it requires no 

 praise ; its intrinsic merits and the numerous editions it has 

 already passed through constitute its best recommendation to 

 the English reader. R. K. 



