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Excerpt from Semi-Scientific Lectures The following papers were at various times read before the Folkestone Natural History Society, and were, without exception, hurriedly written in the very brief leisure intervals of an active practice, usually late in the night; they do not profess to be original; indeed they are, for the most part, merely abstracts of various scientific works, such as those of Darwin, Guillemin, Lubbock, Figuier, Gosse, Tyndall, &c., &c., which are not universally read by the members of our Society. I have somewhat reluctantly consented to publish these fugitive papers, because I am but too well aware of their many imperfections but if I succeed in inducing any of my readers to pursue the subjects I have touched on to the sources indicated I shall be more than satisfied. 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.