嗔秤戻幣�哉膵�云利匈嬉蝕湊蛸賜�塋床四衲���萩晦編報炎嘔囚^泡仟 ̄云利匈��
訊伽慕垂 卦指云慕朕村 紗秘慕禰 厘議慕尺 厘議慕禰 TXT畠云和墮 〆辺茄欺厘議箝誓匂〇

glaucus-or the wonders of the shore(鯉斥互帽)-及2何蛍

酔楯荷恬: 梓囚徒貧圭�鮗� ○ 賜 ★ 辛酔堀貧和鍬匈 梓囚徒貧議 Enter 囚辛指欺云慕朕村匈 梓囚徒貧圭�鮗� ● 辛指欺云匈競何! 泌惚云慕短嗤堋響頼���誅卒亮茂�俊彭堋響��辛聞喘貧圭 "辺茄欺厘議箝誓匂" 孔嬬 才 "紗秘慕禰" 孔嬬��



salary�察   �were you not a little puzzled to make out what spell there could 

be    in those ;useless; moths�察�to draw out of his warm bed�察�twenty miles 

down the Eastern Counties Railway�察�and into the damp forest like a                      deer´ 

stealer�察�a sober white´headed Tim Linkinwater like him�察�your                      very best 

man of business�察�given to the reading of Scotch political                   economy�察�and 

gifted with peculiarly clear notions on the currency               question�拭�

     It   is   puzzling�察  �truly。 I   shall   be   very   glad   if   these   pages   help you 

somewhat toward solving the puzzle。 

     We shall agree at least that the study of Natural History has                  become 

now´a´days an honourable one。              A Cromarty stonemason was               till lately 

´   God   rest   his   noble   soul�    �   the   most   important   man   in   the   City   of 

Edinburgh�察      �by   dint   of  a  work    on   fossil   fishes�察  �and   the    successful 

investigator   of   the   minutest   animals   takes   place       unquestioned   among 

men of genius�察�and�察�like the philosopher of old               Greece�察�is considered�察�by 

virtue of his science�察�fit company for           dukes and princes。         Nay�察�the study 

is now more than honourable�察�it              is ��what to many readers will be a far 

higher      recommendation��         even      fashionable。        Every      well´educated 

person   is   eager   to   know   something       at   least   of   the   wonderful   organic 

forms   which   surround   him   in   every        sunbeam   and   every   pebble�察       �and 

books   of    Natural    History   are    finding    their   way   more   and     more    into 

drawing´rooms         and    school´rooms�察     �and     exciting     greater    thirst  for   a 

knowledge   which�察  �even   twenty   years          ago�察  �was   considered   superfluous 

for all but the professional        student。 

     What   a   change   from   the   temper   of   two   generations   since�察  �when   the 

naturalist     was   looked     on   as  a  harmless     enthusiast�察    �who    went    ;bug´ 

hunting�察─�simply because he had not spirit to follow a fox�                     �There     are 

those alive who can recollect an amiable man being literally                    bullied out 



                                                 4 


´ Page 5´

                               Glaucus/or The Wonders of the Shore 



of   the   New    Forest�察   �because    he   dared   to  make     a   collection    ��at  this 

moment�察�we believe�察�in some unknown abyss of                    that great Avernus�察�the 

British   Museum��   of   fossil   shells   from   those     very   Hordwell   Cliffs�察  �for 

exploring   which   there   is   now   established       a   society   of   subscribers   and 

correspondents。          They      can   remember�察        �too�察   �when�察    �on    the   first 

appearance   of   Bewick's   ;British   Birds�察─  �the        excellent   sportsman   who 

brought it down to the Forest was asked�察              �Why on earth he had bought a 

book about ;cock sparrows;�拭�and had to                justify himself again and again�察�

simply by lending the book to his             brother sportsmen�察�to convince them 

that there were rather more          than a dozen sorts of birds ��as they then held�� 

indigenous to       Hampshire。       But the book�察�perhaps�察�which turned the tide 

in   favour    of   Natural   History�察  �among   the   higher   classes   at   least�察  �in   the 

south     of   England�察  �was   White's   ;History   of   Selborne。;        A   Hampshire 

gentleman and sportsman�察�whom everybody knew�察�had taken the trouble 

to write a book about the birds and the weeds in his own parish�察                   �and the 

every´day   things   which   went   on   under   his   eyes�察  �and   everyone         else's。 

And   all gentlemen�察 �from  the Weald   of   Kent   to   the Vale   of         Blackmore�察�

shrugged their shoulders mysteriously�察�and said�察 �Poor                  fellow� ─�till they 

opened the book itself�察�and discovered to their               surprise that it read like 

any novel。      And then came a burst of            confused�察�but honest admiration�察�

from the young squire's ;Bless me�              �who would have thought that there 

were so many wonderful things to              be seen in one's own park� ─�to the old 

squire's more morally         valuable ;Bless me� �why�察�I have seen that and that 

a hundred times�察       �and never thought till now how wonderful they were� ─�

     There were great excuses�察  �though�察�of   old�察�for the contempt   in   which 

the naturalist was held�察�great excuses for the pitying tone of                 banter with 

which   the   Spectator  talks   of   ;the   ingenious;   Don      Saltero   ��as   no   doubt 

the   Neapolitan   gentleman   talked   of   Ferrante        Imperato   the   apothecary�察�

and    his   museum���察     �great   excuses     for   Voltaire�察   �when     he   classes   the 

collection of butterflies among the           other ;bizarreries de l'esprit humain。; 

For�察�in the last     generation�察�the needs of the world were different。               It had 

no time      for butterflies and fossils。       While Buonaparte was hovering on 

the    Boulogne  coast�察 �the pursuits   and   the  education   which   were   needed 

were   such   as   would   raise   up   men   to   fight   him�察  �so   the   coarse�察�fierce�察�



                                                5 


´ Page 6´

                                Glaucus/or The Wonders of the Shore 



hard´handed training of our grandfathers came when it was                      wanted�察�and 

did the work which was required of it�察�else we had not                     been here now。 

Let us be thankful that we have had leisure for               science�察�and show now in 

war that our science has at least not           unmanned us。 

     Moreover�察�Natural History�察�if not fifty years ago�察�certainly a                 hundred 

years ago�察�was hardly worthy of men of practical common                      sense。     After�察�

indeed�察�Linne�察�by his invention of generic and                specific names�察�had made 

classification   possible�察  �and   by   his   own       enormous   labours   had   shown 

how   much   could   be   done   when   once   a         method      was   established�察  �the 

science has grown rapidly enough。              But     before him little or nothing had 

been   put   into   form   definite   enough      to   allure   those   who   ��as   the   many 

always will�� prefer to profit by            others' discoveries�察�than to discover for 

themselves�察  �and   Natural        History   was   attractive   only   to   a   few   earnest 

seekers�察�who found too           much trouble in disencumbering their own minds 

of   the   dreams   of    bygone   generations   ��whether   facts�察  �like   cockatrices�察�

basilisks�察  �and     krakens�察 �
卦指朕村 貧匯匈 和匯匈 指欺競何 壘��6�� 家��5��
酔楯荷恬: 梓囚徒貧圭�鮗� ○ 賜 ★ 辛酔堀貧和鍬匈 梓囚徒貧議 Enter 囚辛指欺云慕朕村匈 梓囚徒貧圭�鮗� ● 辛指欺云匈競何!
梁椣戻幣�� 梁心弌傍議揖扮窟燕得胎��傍竃徭失議心隈才凪万弌誌育断蛍�輌臆惨軼僑〃�燕慕得珊辛參資誼持蛍才将刮襲潜��範寔亟圻幹慕得 瓜寡追葎娼得辛參資誼寄楚署衛、持蛍才将刮襲潜填��