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of natural history, and cannot for a moment be dispassioi.- 

 ately considered by a judicious critic. Nowadays we all 

 know that the carp are decked in crimson and blue to 

 please their partners, and that soldiers are dressed in 

 brilliant red to please— the sfisthctic authorities who com- 

 mand them from a distance. 



