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cestors by adoption, so that you must inherit their 

 gumj^tion, self-rehance and initiative, and inherit 

 it by adoption. But if this book should fall into 

 the hands of some nice little boys who have never 

 whittled a stick or made a kite, they may be con- 

 soled with the fact that all the material necessary 

 for collecting insects and preserving specimens may 

 be purchased from firms dealing in and making a 

 specialty of such merchandise, and it may be added, 

 so can the specimens themselves, but what real boys 

 want to buy specimens? We are out for the fun 

 of collecting them, for the hike across country, for 

 the exploring of the ponds and streams and scout- 

 ing among the hedges I 



