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| Dedication | | v |
| The Advisory Council of the Victoria History | | vii |
| General Advertisement | | vii |
| The Somerset County Committee | | xiii |
| Contents | | xv |
| List of Illustrations | | xvii |
| Preface | | xxi |
| Table of Abbreviations | | xxiii |
| Natural History | | |
| Geology | By H.B. Woodward, F.R.S., F.G.S. | 1 |
| Palæontology | By R. Lydekker, F.R.S., F.G.S., F.L.S. | 35 |
| Botany | | |
| Introduction | By the Rev. R. P. Murray, M.A., F.L.S. | 41 |
| Summary of Orders | " " | 43 |
| The Botanical Districts | " " | 44 |
| Brambles (Rubi) | " " | 49 |
| Vascular Cryptogams | " " | 49 |
| Mosses (Musci) | By the Rev. C. H. Binstead, M.A. | 51 |
| Scale Mosses (Hepaticæ) | By E. M. Holmes, F.L.S. | 53 |
| Freshwater Algæ | " " | 53 |
| Marine Algæ | " " | 54 |
| Lichens (Lichenes) | " " | 56 |
| Fungi | By Cedric Bucknall, Mus. Bac. | 59 |
| Mycetozoa | " " | 66 |
| Zoology | | |
| Molluscs | By B. B. Woodward, F.L.S., F.G.S., F.R.M.S. | 71 |
| Insects | By Lt.-Col. Linley Blathwayt, F.L.S., F.E.S. | 73 |
| Orthoptera | " " | 74 |
| Neuroptera | " " | 74 |
| Hymenoptera | " " | 74 |
| Coleoptera | " " | 76 |
| Lepidoptera | By Alfred E. Hudd, F.E.S., F.S.A. | 87 |
| Diptera | By Lt.-Col. Linley Blathwayt, F.L.S., F.E.S. | 115 |
| Hemiptera | " " | 118 |
| Myriapods | By R. I. Pocock | 121 |
| Spiders | By the late F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, M.A. | 124 |
| Crustaceans | By the Rev. T.R.R. Stebbing, M.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S. | 126 |
| Fishes | By G.A. Boulenger, F.R.S., F.Z.S. | 135 |
| Reptiles and Batrachians | " " | 139 |
| Birds | By the Rev. F. L. Blathwayt, M.A. | 140 |
| Mammals | By H.J. Charbonnier | 163 |
| Early Man | By W. Boyd Dawkins, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S., F.S.A. | 167 |
| Romano-British Somerset | By F. J. Haverfield, M.A., LL.D., F.S.A. | 207 |
| Anglo-Saxon Remains | By Reginald A. Smith, B.A., F.S.A. | 373 |
| Introduction to the Somerset Domesday | By J. Horace Round, M.A., LL.D. | 383 |
| Text of the Somerset Domesday | By the Rev. E. H. Bates, M.A. | 434 |
| Geld Inquest | " " | 527 |