A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes This work may very properly be considered as a supplement to my History of British Zoophytes. From ray correspondents I learned that such a work was expected from me, and I was the more easily induced to undertake it from a belief that no other naturalist was likely to devote his time to illustrate a comparatively limited and isolated class of organized beings, obscure in character, and possessed of less interest than attaches to almost every other. The class may be said to occupy at present a piece of debateable land, lying between the confines of the two organic kingdoms, - too poor and barren to be an object of contest with the subjects of either, and readily relinquished to the occupation of any eccentric borderer who may find his pleasure in cultivating an intimacy with its rude tenantry. This is not an easy task, for there is so much that is common to them, and each adapts itself so readily to circumstances and assumes a new mask, that it requires a tact, to be gained only by some experience, to recognize them under their guises; while we labour, perhaps in vain, to devise phrases which shall aptly pourtray to others the characteristics of objects that have no fixed shape, and whose distinctive peculiarities almost cheat the eye. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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