Excerpt from The Physical Geography of the SeaIt is not expected that the hands which haul up the deep-sea line with the sounding-rod loaded with bottom should furnish a description of the organisms thus recovered, neither is it to be demanded that the sailor who tows the insect-net in the water shall furnish us with drawings, secundum artem, of the little pris oners he may capture in it. All that I venture to ask is, that such treasures may be sought for in the sea by my fellow-labor ers, that, when found, they may be properly labeled and carefully preserved, so that they may reach the hands of experts at home in a condition suitable for study under the microscope.Brooke's sounding-rod has opened a new field for study at the bottom of the ocean, so may the bucket of Foster and the net of Toynbee enlarge that at the surface.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.