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names, and the book of reference was in the possession of 

 his father, then abroad. All the species of the genus seem 

 to be gregarious, and when we discover their " metropolis " 

 they are taken by hundreds. The specific characters of this 

 extensive and very interesting genus of insects are so very 

 clear and distinct from each other, with the exception of about 

 two species, that it will ever give the greatest satisfaction to 

 the student of Entomology. 



I am, my dear Sir, 



Yours truly, 



John Walton. 



Byard^s Lodge, Knarcshrd , Yorkshire, 

 8th Fehruary, 1838. 



Art. XXVI. — Lines written on visiting the Neighb<yurhood of 

 Boxhill, Surrey, June 1837. 



The wealth and dignities of state, 

 The little things that men call great, 

 Lack always power to impart 

 Aught that can interest the heart. 



The charms that mind delights to trace 

 Are those that glow in nature's face, 

 The only beauties that withstand 

 The touch of time's destroying hand. 



I love thee. Nature, as a child 



Loves the dear mother that beguil'd 



Its many tedious hours of pain. 



And sooth'd it into health again. ' 



I love thee on the mountain wild, 

 The verdant valley, or the mild 

 Cool margin of some silv'ry stream, 

 Whose waters in the sunlight gleam. 



I love at noon the twilight shade 

 The gently waving trees have made, — 

 To sit, and let my spirit roam, 

 And visit nature in her home. 

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