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peopled by no human inhabitants of its own, even after the appear- 

 ance of man upon our globe, was yet trodden at times by the chance 

 steps of stray visitors from other shores. Lastly, we have seen how, 

 after being- alternately lifted and lowered by successive upheavals and 

 subsidences of the ocean's bed, a group of islets was at last joined in 

 one by the banks of soil and sand furnished by their own waste, and 

 Bombay, as a single island, rose as did of old the Goddess of Beauty, 

 from the sea. 



Am I not right in saying that a book in which we can rend 

 such tales as these is one whose every page is full of interest for us 

 all ? And does not a tale such as that we have just read prove how 

 true was the word of him whose every word is truth, when he spoke 

 of the " sermons in stones, and good in everything?" 



But let me ask you to remember this. Ours is a book that he who 

 would understand it aright must read with his own eyes, and ponder 

 with his own mind. No disquisition, however clear, by any geolo- 

 gist, however able ; no picture or plan by any draughtsman, how- 

 ever skilled ; no lecture a hundredfold more learned and eloquent 

 than this of mine ; can teach you one tithe of what you can teach 

 yourselves, if you only go afield with a humble and steadfast purpose 

 to learn, and study the scenes around you for yourselves. 



THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE CENTRAL PROVINCES. 



By J. A. Betham. 



(Continued from Vol. V., page 28.) 



Before enumerating the butterflies found in the Central Provinces. 

 I would here state that the number in brackets, which will be 

 found after the name of each butterfly, is that given to those which 

 arc described in Mr. de Niceville's book, " The Butterflies of India, 

 Burmah and Ceylon." If a description of any butterfly is required, 

 all that has to be done is to turn to the number in the book, and 

 there a very ample, correct and lucid description of the butterfly, 



