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the study for life beyond all branches of natural science, and I 

 am sure that it had that effect on me." 



Dr. Harris, in speaking of his Entomological Cabinet, says : 

 '' My object in making a collection, and for this purpose asking 

 the aid of friends, has not been merely personal gratification, — it 

 has been my desire to add something to the cause of science in 

 this country. Even should death surprise me before the results 

 of my labours are before the public, I shall leave an extensive, 

 well arranged, and named collection, which from the care 

 bestowed on it, will be in a condition of good preservation, and will 

 remain as a standard of comparison when I am gone." 



" Dr. Harris is principally known to the people of America by 

 his ' Report on Insects injurious to Vegetation ' first published 

 for the State in 1841, in his capacity as one of the Scientific 

 commissioners of a Geological and Botanical Survey. 



This was reprinted by himself under the name of * Treatise ' 

 instead of Report, in 1842 — and it was again revised in 1852. 

 After his death it was reprinted by the State in an admirable 

 form, with engravings, and it is upon this that his scientific repu- 

 tation will mainly rest. 



It is admitted by all who read this treatise that it is a model 

 combination of the strictly scientific spirit with the clearest 

 popular statement. 



Dr. Harris also combined the use of the pencil with the 

 study of entomology — an accomplishment of great importance and 

 benefit. After learning to classify butterflies by studying the 

 nervures of the wings, he fixed by copying each successive stage 

 of their developement." 



His excursions too, though rare, were effectual ; he had the 

 quick step, the observant eye, and the prompt fingers of a born 

 naturalist ; he could convert his umbrella into a net and his hat 

 into a collecting box ; he prolonged his quest into the night with 

 a lantern, and into November by searching beneath the bark of 

 trees. 



Col. Higginson in speaking of the correspondence of Dr. 

 Harris, says — 



" In this destitution of books and cabinets there was another 

 compensation which gave to Dr. Harris a more practical 

 satisfaction. 



The conditions of a new country implying these drawbacks, 

 imply also a great wealth of material. In older countries it is 



