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— A Flavour and 

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MARVELS OF THE UNIVERSE. 



R Note Concerning Part VIII. 



Mr. Frank T. Bullen, best known by His book "The Cruise of the Cachalot," here returns to his favourite subject and 

 tells the story of 



THE CACHALOT OR SPERM WHALE 



Mr. R. I. Pocock, F.R.S., writes about the huge 



BIRD-EATING SPIDER 



of tropical countries. He has also a note on the most primitive of the birds, known as 



THE ARCH>«:OPTERYX 



w'lich exists only in the fossil condition. A further contribution from the same pen deals wilh the so-called 



KING CRAB 



that is, in truth, nearer to being a scorpion than a crab. iVlr. E. G. Ash gives an interesting account of a little understood 

 group of organisms whose name is constantly on our lips — 



BACTERIA 



A number of the most terrible of these germs are shown in photographs on a scale twelve-hundred times the natural si ze. 

 Mr. K. G. Blair, B.Sc, describes the merry 



CICADAS 



and his article is illustrated with some wonderful photographs by Mr. P. H. Fabre. 



\contznued on pa^e 3 of cover. 



