Diversions of a Naturalist
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. Introductory material4. CHAPTER I ON A NORWEGIAN FIORD5. CHAPTER II NATURE-RESERVES6. CHAPTER III FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD7. CHAPTER IV THE GREAT GREY SEAL8. CHAPTER V THE GROUSE AND OTHER BIRDS9. CHAPTER VI THE SAND AND PEBBLES OF THE SEASHORE10. CHAPTER VII THE CONSTITUENTS OF A SEABEACH11. CHAPTER VIII QUICKSANDS AND FIRE-STONES12. CHAPTER IX AMBER13. CHAPTER X SEA-WORMS AND SEA-ANEMONES14. CHAPTER XI CORAL-MAKERS AND JELLY-FISH15. CHAPTER XII SHRIMPS, CRABS, AND BARNACLES16. CHAPTER XIII BARNACLES AND OTHER CRUSTACEANS17. CHAPTER XIV THE HISTORY OF THE BARNACLE AND THE GOOSE18. CHAPTER XV MORE AS TO THE BARNACLE AND THE GOOSE19. CHAPTER XVI SEA-SHELLS ON THE SEASHORE20. CHAPTER XVII SAND-HOPPERS21. CHAPTER XVIII A SWISS INTERLUDE22. CHAPTER XIX SCIENCE AND DANCING23. CHAPTER XX COURTSHIP24. CHAPTER XXI COURTSHIP IN ANIMALS AND MAN25. CHAPTER XXII COURTSHIP AND DISPLAY26. CHAPTER XXIII COURTSHIP, INSTINCT AND REASON27. CHAPTER XXIV DADDY-LONG-LEGS28. CHAPTER XXV THE MOTH AND THE CANDLE29. CHAPTER XXVI FROM APE TO MAN30. CHAPTER XXVII THE SKELETON OF APES AND OF MAN31. CHAPTER XXVIII THE BRAIN OF APES AND OF MAN32. CHAPTER XXIX THE MIND OF APES AND OF MAN33. CHAPTER XXX THE MISSING LINK34. CHAPTER XXXI THE SUPPLY OF PURE MILK35. CHAPTER XXXII CHRISTMAS TREES AND OTHER PINE TREES36. CHAPTER XXXIII THE LYMPH AND THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM37. CHAPTER XXXIV THE BLOOD AND ITS CIRCULATION38. CHAPTER XXXV FISH AND FAST DAYS39. CHAPTER XXXVI SCIENCE AND THE UNKNOWN40. CHAPTER XXXVII DIVINATION AND PALMISTRY41. CHAPTER XXXVIII TOADS FOUND LIVING IN STONE42. CHAPTER XXXIX THE DIVINING-ROD43. CHAPTER XL BIRTH-MARKS AND TELEGONY44. CHAPTER XLI HOW TO PROMOTE SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY BY MONEY45. INDEX