TO 



THE REV. WILLIAM KIRBY, F.R.S., 



AND 



WILLIAM SPENCE, E.R.S., 



WHOSE DELIGHTFUL WORK ON ENTOMOLOGY, BY CREATING A TASTE FOR 



ITS PURSUIT, HAS GIVEN 

 RISE TO THE FOLLOWING UNPRETENDING PAGES, 



AND TO 



PROFESSOR EDWARD FORBES, F.R.S., 



WHOSE HUMOROUS SKETCHES OF ZOOLOGICAL HUMANITY 



MANIFEST THE PROPRIETY WITH WHICH THE INSTINCTS OF ANIMALS 



MAY BE ILLUSTRATED BY THE AID OF AMUSING ALLEGORY, 



fa Simorfe 

 IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED, 



BY THEIR VERY OBEDIENT SERVANT, 



THE AUTHOR. 







