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Annulose animals are universally spread 

 through the various regions of the habitable 

 globe ; and, like the animals of the higher 

 orders of creation, are geographically distri- 

 buted, but are confined to certain limits ; and, 

 from the immense number of species, the annu- 

 losa appear to be still more local. Indeed, the 

 shortness of their life, the nature of their food, 

 and its abundance, generally precluding the ne- 

 cessity of migration, we have, comparatively, 

 but a very slight knowledge of these animals, 

 by far the most numerous of all Nature's pro** 

 ductions ; England alone furnishing our cabinets 

 with upwards of ten thousand species, and every 

 year's research adding to the number. And, if 

 so extensive a list can be formed of an island 

 so far north, and so small as England, what have 

 we not to look for from our friends on the 

 continent of Europe, the traveller in the un- 

 trodden wilds of Africa, the extensive woods of 

 America, and the vast territories and islands 

 of Asia and New Holland? It is to be hoped, 

 therefore, that visitors, travellers, and residents 

 in those parts, will use their best endeavours to 

 form collections, which can readily be done with 

 but little trouble, and at a most trifling expense ; 

 more especially by residents, as they will possess 



