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Excerpt from The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Vol. 1: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology With the present Number this Journal enters upon the fifth decennial period of its existence. The Editors, one of whom assisted at the very birth of the 'Annals', cannot but congratulate themselves upon the continued and ever-increasing vitality of their Journal, which, notwithstanding the numerous other means of publishing Natural-History Articles that now exist, has at no previous period of its career been more abundantly supplied with good materials. This is due, no doubt, in great measure to the extreme activity which has prevailed in the investigation of all branches of Natural History during the last fifteen years; but the Editors cannot help feeling that the continued flow of valuable articles to their Journal is an indication that it is regarded as, to some extent, a particularly favourable vehicle for publication - a view which is confirmed by the fact that even Foreign Naturalists seek admission for their writings to its pages. That it may still retain this character will be the object of their earnest endeavours jand they trust it will be long before the increasing age of the 'Annals' is betrayed by any signs of decrepitude. 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.