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thermometers used to obtain the 
that there was an artificial heat assigne , exten t. Of the many 
Yet animal life was going on tore to a rj g ^ ^ ^ occupying tracts 
specimens found alive and healthy, temperature ; and these 
■with an arctic climate, and some m a the same 
variations were found not far apar from .a eh ^ other an ^ 
ocean-bottom. Another important species 
the same time: they discovered what ,£■ found that those 
of animal fauna at the bottom o the ea, that <. pr0 - 
animals could live without vege a • ^ f before animal life 
toplasm” required to be passed at the Royal 
could live upon it ; but Dr. Carpen e ’ found living where there 
Institution, that a great many' ot And n0 sooner is that supposed 
was no vegetable pabulum f ‘ vegetable matter does not exist 
to be discovered (for it does not tollow tot iecl protoplasm in 
there) ton we also find it discovere , ^ Te „ etaWe food supplied for 
the sea itself; and that the annn ’ g f anything in print about 
them in the water of the ocean ! I have not read any^mg V ^ p 
this, and my statement is — !y ^ ^ s01 , 
tell you is substantially correct, -that he ocean at these depths, 
of mixture of the constituents o ^P™ “J? on without the intervention of 
Which the animals can ^ imp P ortant with refere nce to many 
any Tegetable medm» N J> regard to this boding of animals, it 
creative theories. (Hear, hear.) “ experiment® have been made 
occurs to me that this is not t e r» former Darwinian views, 
of this kind, and in pursuance of " tv in Eng land, or 
A very famous member of the grea es SC1 Eoyal Society— had 
indeed in the world-! mean Sir Joseph Banks, ^ ^ 
many years ago a notion somew a sim develop into a different 
little animals would grow into bigger ones , and “ “ ^ 1 
kind altogether. No doubt some of you will remem 
« Big fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite ’em. 
And little fleas have lesser flat ™ 1 “ grrater fleas to go on, 
Shfyta^^ *»• 
(Laughter.) Now Sir Joseph 
between a flea and a lobster (ren ’ ^ t expletives he used), 
be was in a terrible state of mind I must n t say what ^ ^ ^ 
because they would not boil red . ( aug • pose the flea survived 
that the bofling process is not a new one ; \m PP heat destroy 
the process, though I understand that it Ukes a grto ^ ^ ^ p ^ 
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