TO 



MISS JOHNES, 



OK HAFOIJ. 



MT M-IH YOVXG FMIEKD, 



The tribute if a dedication, at least tf an honest dedication, U 

 usually paid to established worth or pre-eminent knout/edge; 

 yet, as it is a ho sometimes permitted to breathe the effusions of 

 affection alone, it may surety be attotued to combine those effu- 

 sions with hope. When you look over this book, it wilt remind 

 you of many hours we have pafsed together, in the practical 

 investigation of simitar object** to those 'which it illustrates, 

 amid some of the noblest scenes of 3$aturc\ hours equally de- 

 lightful to you ami to me. To you they unfolded the exquisite 

 perfection and endtefs variety of the creation; to me tliey dis- 

 played a youthful mind, affected and improved by the contem- 

 plation of dttch objects as the God of Mature intended it should 

 be* May that mind never be lesj ingenuous, lefs ardent in 

 the pursuit of truth and virtue, nor lefs affectionate to all who 

 endeavoured to inform and direct it* titan I then beheld it! Such 

 ia the sincere, the ardent prayer of 



My dear young friend. 



Your most affectionate, 



*dud faithful servant. 





./. E. .SMITH. 



