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  James 
  Divight 
  Dana. 
  

  

  profound. 
  It 
  is 
  in 
  this 
  matter 
  of 
  the 
  classification 
  that 
  the 
  most 
  

   important 
  contribution 
  to 
  Zoology 
  was 
  made. 
  This 
  is 
  true 
  in 
  

   general 
  of 
  both 
  the 
  works, 
  and 
  though 
  the 
  last 
  half 
  century 
  that 
  

   lias 
  elapsed 
  has 
  brought 
  some 
  slight 
  changes 
  to 
  the 
  classification 
  

   of 
  the 
  Crustacea 
  here 
  developed, 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Corals 
  stands 
  to-day 
  

   nearly 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  Expedition 
  Report. 
  

  

  The 
  volume 
  upon 
  the 
  Zoophytes 
  is 
  what 
  would 
  be 
  called 
  

   to-day 
  a 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  Anthozoa, 
  including 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  

   the 
  corals 
  and 
  coral-making 
  animals 
  and 
  of 
  allied 
  forms, 
  of 
  sea- 
  

   anemones 
  and 
  including 
  also 
  a 
  few 
  hydroids. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  

   work 
  is 
  much 
  increased 
  by 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  

   that 
  any 
  considerable 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  coral 
  animals 
  had 
  been 
  

   described 
  and 
  figured 
  from 
  life 
  ; 
  the 
  original 
  colored 
  drawings 
  

   were 
  made 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Dana 
  from 
  the 
  living 
  animals, 
  as 
  described 
  

   in 
  the 
  quotation 
  below, 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  preface. 
  The 
  beautiful 
  

   drawings 
  of 
  the 
  sea-anemones, 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  stated, 
  were 
  made 
  

   by 
  the 
  artist 
  of 
  the 
  Expedition, 
  Mr. 
  Drayton. 
  The 
  volume 
  

   thus 
  marked 
  a 
  new 
  era 
  in 
  the 
  subject, 
  since 
  collections 
  had 
  hith- 
  

   erto 
  been 
  limited 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  to 
  the 
  corals 
  themselves. 
  

  

  The 
  field 
  for 
  geological 
  investigation 
  there 
  offered 
  

  

  [the 
  Fiji 
  islands], 
  was 
  limited, 
  as 
  we 
  were 
  shut 
  out 
  from 
  the 
  

   interior 
  of 
  the 
  islands 
  by 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  natives 
  : 
  at 
  the 
  

   same 
  time 
  coral 
  reefs 
  spread 
  out 
  an 
  inviting 
  field 
  for 
  observa- 
  

   tion, 
  hundreds 
  of 
  square 
  miles 
  in 
  extent. 
  The 
  three 
  months, 
  

   therefore, 
  of 
  our 
  stay 
  in 
  that 
  group 
  were 
  principally 
  devoted 
  

   to 
  exploring 
  the 
  groves 
  of 
  the 
  ocean, 
  where 
  flowers 
  bloomed 
  

   no 
  less 
  beautiful 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  forbidden 
  lands, 
  and 
  rocks 
  

   of 
  coral 
  growth 
  afforded 
  instruction 
  of 
  deep 
  interest. 
  The 
  

   specimens 
  were 
  obtained 
  by 
  wading 
  over 
  the 
  reefs 
  at 
  low 
  tide, 
  

   with 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  buckets 
  at 
  hand 
  to 
  receive 
  the 
  gathered 
  clumps, 
  

   or 
  where 
  too 
  deep 
  for 
  this, 
  by 
  floating 
  slowly 
  along 
  in 
  a 
  canoe 
  

   with 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  natives, 
  and 
  through 
  the 
  clear 
  waters, 
  point- 
  

   ing 
  out 
  any 
  desired 
  coral 
  to 
  one 
  of 
  them, 
  who 
  would 
  glide 
  to 
  

   the 
  bottom, 
  and 
  soon 
  return 
  with 
  his 
  hands 
  loaded, 
  lay 
  down 
  

   his 
  treasures, 
  and 
  prepare 
  for 
  another 
  descent. 
  When 
  taken 
  

  

  stroyed 
  by 
  fire 
  in 
  Chicago, 
  while 
  the 
  copies 
  of 
  the 
  published 
  work 
  suffered 
  three 
  

   times 
  most 
  seriously 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  way. 
  The 
  first 
  time 
  was 
  during 
  its 
  publication 
  

   at 
  Philadelphia 
  and 
  resulted 
  in 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  colored 
  drawings, 
  

   to 
  the 
  permanent 
  injury 
  of 
  the 
  work, 
  since 
  they 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  replaced. 
  The 
  two 
  

   other 
  fires 
  were 
  at 
  Xew 
  Haven, 
  the 
  last 
  one 
  (1894) 
  largely 
  destroyed 
  the 
  residue 
  

   of 
  the 
  plates 
  when 
  being 
  collated 
  by 
  the 
  binder 
  preparatory 
  to 
  their 
  being 
  pre- 
  

   sented 
  to 
  some 
  friends 
  of 
  the 
  author. 
  

  

  