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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  this 
  is 
  accentuated 
  in 
  the 
  figure 
  of 
  the 
  human 
  skeleton, 
  whose 
  

   skull 
  might 
  reasonably 
  be 
  supposed 
  to 
  have 
  contained 
  the 
  brains 
  

   of 
  a 
  philosopher, 
  or 
  a 
  " 
  Caucasian 
  philosopher," 
  as 
  our 
  author 
  

   writes 
  in 
  another 
  place. 
  This 
  is 
  scarcely 
  a 
  comparison 
  an 
  

   evolutionist 
  would 
  make 
  ; 
  the 
  skull 
  of 
  the 
  Gorilla 
  should 
  be 
  

   compared, 
  say, 
  with 
  a 
  prognathous 
  negro 
  skull, 
  or, 
  better 
  still, 
  

   a 
  copy 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  frontispiece 
  to 
  Huxley's 
  

   'Man's 
  Place 
  in 
  Nature.' 
  Thus 
  "system," 
  which 
  the 
  author 
  

   inculcates 
  as 
  the 
  " 
  master-key," 
  is 
  perhaps 
  the 
  weakest 
  part 
  of 
  

   this 
  book, 
  and 
  the 
  discarded 
  "nature 
  study" 
  the 
  strongest, 
  for 
  

   Mr. 
  Hornaday 
  has 
  contributed 
  a 
  mass 
  of 
  bionomical 
  information 
  

   that 
  alone 
  would 
  canonize 
  his 
  volume, 
  and, 
  with 
  the 
  beautiful 
  

   illustrations, 
  render 
  it 
  one 
  that 
  should 
  not 
  only 
  be 
  on 
  the 
  book- 
  

   shelf, 
  but 
  also 
  frequently 
  taken 
  down 
  for 
  reference. 
  

  

  Creatures 
  of 
  the 
  Sea 
  ; 
  being 
  the 
  Life 
  Stories 
  of 
  some 
  Sea 
  Birds, 
  

   Beasts, 
  and 
  Fishes. 
  By 
  Frank 
  T. 
  Bullen, 
  F.R.G.S. 
  

   Religious 
  Tract 
  Society. 
  

  

  Readers 
  who 
  have 
  in 
  fancy 
  sailed 
  with 
  Mr. 
  Bullen 
  in 
  the 
  

   ' 
  Cruise 
  of 
  the 
  Cachalot 
  ' 
  will 
  welcome 
  another 
  voyage 
  with 
  him 
  

   round 
  the 
  world 
  in 
  search 
  of 
  the 
  animal 
  life 
  best 
  known 
  to 
  sea- 
  

   men. 
  At 
  one 
  time 
  these 
  creatures 
  were 
  familiar 
  to 
  all 
  who 
  

   crossed 
  the 
  seas, 
  to 
  both 
  mariner 
  and 
  passenger 
  ; 
  but 
  that 
  was 
  

   in 
  the 
  days 
  of 
  the 
  sailing-vessel, 
  which, 
  to 
  pick 
  up 
  the 
  " 
  trades," 
  

   and 
  to 
  avoid 
  currents, 
  covered 
  more 
  ocean 
  surface 
  than 
  the 
  

   straight 
  course 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  steam 
  " 
  liners 
  " 
  of 
  to-day, 
  which, 
  by 
  

   their 
  regularity 
  of 
  route, 
  must 
  be 
  creating 
  a 
  veritable 
  " 
  cinder- 
  

   track 
  " 
  on 
  the 
  ocean 
  floor. 
  We 
  now 
  no 
  longer 
  expect 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  

   " 
  Booby 
  " 
  perching 
  on 
  the 
  yards 
  or 
  booms, 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  Shark 
  and 
  

   Pilot-fish 
  cruising 
  round 
  the 
  ship 
  as 
  it 
  lay 
  becalmed, 
  or 
  to 
  fish 
  

   for 
  Bonito, 
  Albacore, 
  or 
  the 
  lovely 
  Corypluoia 
  ; 
  the 
  passenger 
  

   now 
  is 
  most 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  " 
  ship's 
  run," 
  and 
  the 
  prospect 
  of 
  

   an 
  early 
  arrival. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Bullen 
  is 
  at 
  his 
  best 
  in 
  recording 
  his 
  own 
  observations, 
  

   and 
  quite 
  away 
  from 
  the 
  consultation 
  of 
  authorities 
  ; 
  man}' 
  bio- 
  

   nomical 
  facts 
  at 
  first 
  hand 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  found, 
  and 
  when 
  he 
  indulges 
  

   his 
  fancy, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  " 
  Autobiography 
  of 
  a 
  Sperm 
  Whale," 
  he 
  treats 
  

   his 
  subject 
  with 
  no 
  small 
  amount 
  of 
  literary 
  skill. 
  He 
  is 
  rightly 
  

  

  