, ▁the ▁last ▁group ▁being ▁further ▁class ified ▁by ▁the ▁number ▁and ▁nature ▁of ▁their ▁fins . ▁ 1 8 7 ▁pl ates ▁completed ▁the ▁work , ▁their ▁cost ▁making ▁the ▁book ▁a ▁financial ▁dis aster ▁for ▁the ▁Royal ▁Society , ▁which ▁had ▁largely ▁fund ed ▁its ▁publication . ▁ ▁" In sect s " ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁sevent e enth ▁century , ▁the ▁term ▁" in sect " ▁had ▁a ▁much ▁wider ▁meaning ▁than ▁it ▁does ▁today , ▁so ▁the ▁third ▁major ▁book , ▁Historia ▁In se ctor um , ▁included ▁many ▁other ▁in verte br ates , ▁such ▁as ▁w orm s , ▁sp iders ▁and ▁mill ip edes . ▁It ▁ex cluded ▁m oll us cs , ▁perhaps ▁because ▁Martin ▁L ister , ▁another ▁Fellow ▁of ▁the ▁Royal ▁Society , ▁was ▁writing ▁his ▁own ▁Historia ▁Animal ium ▁that ▁covered ▁that ▁group . ▁Ray ' s ▁problems ▁with ▁comple ting ▁this ▁publication ▁were ▁much ▁the ▁same ▁as ▁with ▁the ▁fish ▁book , ▁although ▁in ▁ 1 7 0 4 ▁he ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁see ▁manuscript s ▁prepared ▁independently ▁by ▁Sir ▁Thomas ▁Will ough by ▁and ▁the ▁scholar ▁Thomas ▁Man , ▁Sir ▁Thomas ▁having ▁moved ▁into ▁W oll aton ▁Hall ▁in ▁ 1 6 8 7 ▁and ▁reg ained ▁access ▁to ▁Middle ton ▁and ▁his ▁father ' s ▁papers ▁and ▁poss essions . ▁ ▁Ray ▁died ▁in ▁January ▁ 1 7 0 5 , ▁and ▁little ▁happened ▁with ▁the ▁Historia ▁In se ctor um ▁until ▁William ▁Der ham ▁and ▁the ▁Royal ▁Society