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applj^ the results which he has gained to elucidating 

 the knotty questions which abound in this matter, 

 he may yet materially advance the cause of Natural 

 History, if he will keep a written record of what he 

 has found and seen, and place it from time to time 

 in the hands of those who are striving to solve the 

 many difficulties which surround the subject. A 

 specimen of such a record is given in Appendix I. 

 The observations should be minute, and, if possible, 

 accompanied with coloured diagrams, and special 

 attention should be paid to facts which may tend to 

 settle the question of "species" (see Chapter VI.), 

 of the use of the so-called " ovaries," and of the 

 " spike-cases." 



And I may add, that if the reader be induced 

 to take delight in the study of Natural History, 

 he will do well to show others also the pathway 

 which leads to this inexhaustible fountain of 

 pleasure, and usefulness, and righteousness. For 

 he may be sure that the more a man loves Nature 

 the more will he recognise and worship God in 

 Nature, and the more will he be desirous of per- 

 forming the duties which are peculiarly essential to 

 his own station in the creative circle — duties which, 

 like himself, are of a twofold nature, material and 

 spiritual. He will be convinced that health, whether 

 of body or mind, is Nature, that disease is a retri- 

 butive consequence of man's violation of the laws of 

 Nature. He will eventually believe that the theolo- 



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