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Excerpt from Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger During the Years 1873-76, Vol. 32: Under the Command of Captain George S. Nares, R. N., F. R. S. And the Late Captain Frank Tourle Thomson, R. N.; Zoology
IN June 1888 I was invited by Dr. John Murray to prepare a Report on the Antipatharia obtained by the Challenger Expedition, and the majority of the specimens were soon afterwards placed in my hands for identification. 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.
