TO MY VENERABLE FRIEND,
DR. JAMES SCOTT BOWERBANK,
F.R.S., &c.,
ONE OF THE ORIGINATORS OF THE WATER VIVARIUM;
TO WHOSE VALUABLE ADVICE AND CHEERING ENCOURAGEMENT
I, LIKE MANY OTHERS, AM INDEBTED FOR THE CONFIRMATION
AND INCREASE OF AN EARLY LOVE OF THE
STUDY OF NATURAL HISTORY.
H. L.
PREFACE.
When I accepted the position of Naturalist of the Brighton Aquarium, after the death of my valued friend John Keast Lord, it became my pleasant duty to watch and record events and circumstances connected with the habits and development of the denizens of the tanks.