Excerpt from A Monograph of the British Naked-Eyed Medusæ With Figures of All the Species
This short preface is intended both as an explanatory notice and as a dedication. Without the aid of my friend Mr. M'andrew, the following Monograph could not have been drawn up. The mass of the materials employed in its construction was the produce of several delightful scientific cruises, when I accompanied him in his Yacht, the Osprey. Nine years ago this history was commenced: were it not for the ardent friend of science, whose name I wish to associate with my work, as many more would be required for its completion. Even now, I can offer only an outline of a most curious and interesting, though neglected, department of British Zoology. The greater part of the matter in this essay is new. With one exception - kindly communicated by Mr. Alder - every species has been examined by myself. Every figure is original. Any defects in the engravings must be laid to my charge; their merits are due to my friends Mr. W. Baily, and Mr. C. R. Bone, for whose exertions I have to return.
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