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The Journal of a Disappointed Man
·
W. N. P. Barbellion
27
November
3.
Aristotle's
Lantern
Dissected
the
Sea
Urchin
(Echinus
esculentus).
Very
excited
over
my
first
view
of
Aristotle's
Lantern.
These
complicated
pieces
of
animal
mechanism
never
smell
of
musty
age--after
æons
of
evolution.
When
I
open
a
Sea
Urchin
and
see
the
Lantern,
or
dissect
a
Lamprey
and
cast
eyes
on
the
branchial
basket,
such
structures
strike
me
as
being
as
finished
and
exquisite
as
if
they
had
just
a
moment
before
been
tossed
me
fresh
from
the
hands
of
the
Creator.
They
are
fresh,
young,
they
smell
new.
December
3.
Hard
at
work
dissecting
a
Dogfish.
Ruridecanal
Conference
in
the
afternoon.
I
enjoy
this
double
life
I
lead.
It
amazes
me
to
be
laying
bare
the
brain
of
a
dogfish
in
the
morning
and
in
the
afternoon
to
be
taking
down
in
shorthand
what
the
Bishop
says
on
Mission
Work.
December
4.
Went
to
the
Veterinary
Surgeon
and
begged
of
him
the
skull
of
a
horse.
Carried
the
trophy
home
under
my
arm--bare
to
the
public
view.
"Why,
Lor',
'tis
an
ole
'orse's
jib,"
M----
said
when
I
got
back.
[1]
There
are
numerous
drawings
of
dissections
scattered
through
the
Journal
about
this
period.
1909
March
7.
My
programme
of
work
is:
(1)
Continue
German.
(2)
Sectioning
embryo
of
(a)
Fowl,
(b)
Newt.
(3)
Paper
on
Arterial
System
of
Newts.
(4)
Psychology
of
Newts.
(5)
General
Zoological
Reading.
May
2.
To
C----
Hill.
Too
much
taken
with
the
beauty
of
the
Woods
to
be
able
to
do
any
nesting.
Here
are
some
of
the
things
I
saw:
the
bark
on
several
of
the
trees
in
the
mazzard
orchards
rubbed
into
a
beautifully
smooth,
polished
surface
by
the
Red
Devon
Cows
when
scratching
where
it
itched;
I
put
my
hand
on
the
smooth
almost
cherry-red
patch
of
bark
and
felt
delighted
and
grateful
that
cows
had
fleas:
the
young
shoots
of
the
whortle-berry
plants
on
the
hill
were
red
tipped
with
the
gold
of
an
almost
horizontal
sun.
I
caught
a
little
lizard
which
slipped
across
my
path....
Afar
off
down
in
the
valley
I
had
come
through,
in
a
convenient
break
in
a
holly
bush,
I
could
just
see
a
Cow
sitting
on
her
matronly
haunches
in
a
field.
She
flicked
her
ears
and
two
starlings
settled
on
her
back.
A
Rabbit
swept
out
of
a
sweet-brier
bush,
and
a
Magpie
flew
out
of
the
hedge
on
my
right.
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