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The Brig-Schooner "Pilgrim"

           

           Wasittothemollusks,fromthecephalopodestothebryozoans,thathehadgivenhispreference,andhadmalacologynomoresecretsforhim?

           Notatall.

           Thenitwasontheradiates,echinoderms,acalephes,polypes,entozoons,sponges,andinfusoria,thathehadforsuchalongtimeburnedthemidnightoil?

           Itmust,indeed,beconfessedthatitwasnotontheradiates.

           Now,inzoologythereonlyremainstobementionedthedivisionofthearticulates,soitmustbethatitwasonthisdivisionthatCousinBenedict’sonlypassionwasexpended.

           Yes,andstillitisnecessarytoselect.

           Thisbranchofthearticulatescountssixclasses:insects,myriapodes,arachnides,crustaceans,cirrhopodes,andannelides.

           Now,CousinBenedict,scientificallyspeaking,wouldnotknowhowtodistinguishanearth-wormfromamedicinalleech,asand-flyfromaglans-marinus,acommonspiderfromafalsescorpion,ashrimpfromafrog,agally-wormfromascolopendra.

           But,then,whatwasCousinBenedict?Simplyanentomologistnothingmore.

           Tothat,doubtless,itmaybesaidthatinitsetymologicalacceptation,entomologyisthatpartofthenaturalscienceswhichincludesallthearticulates.Thatistrue,inageneralway;butitisthecustomtogivethiswordamorerestrictedsense.Itisthenonlyapplied,properlyspeaking,tothestudyofinsects,thatistosay:"Allthearticulateanimalsofwhichthebody,composedofringsplacedendtoend,formsthreedistinctsegments,andwhichpossessesthreepairsoflegs,whichhavegiventhemthenameofhexapodes."

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