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Updated: January 13, 2026

Results of a similar kind, obtained by previous observers, are stated at length in the sixth chapter, pp. 267-280. As Dr. Wyville Thomson's recent letter, cited above, shows, the use of the trawl, at great depths, has brought to light a still greater diversity of life.

Thomas Henry Huxley - Discourses: Biological and Geological Essays