Dedication
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LORD BROUGHAM AND VAUX,
CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH,
ETC., ETC., ETC.,
THIS LITTLE VOLUME
Is Inscribed,
AS A TRIFLING TOKEN OF RESPECTFUL ADMIRATION
FOR
UNIVERSALLY RECOGNISED GREATNESS.
Chapter I Introductory
On the Pleasures Derived From the Study of Marine Zoology
‘Woe to the man—
Who studies nature with a wanton eye,
Admires the work, but slips the lesson by.’