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at his hard fate, and deem himself an ill-used individual, 

 but he will be inclined to laugh at his repeated failures, and 

 amuse himself with making good tales about them. 



Now if the Entomologist learns to be cheerful, and learns 

 not to be conceited, no one can tell him that his pursuit is a 

 useless one, — but do I recommend every one to become an 

 Entomologist? No, there are other branches of science as 

 worthy of study as Entomology ; it would not do to neglect 

 them, but I may wish that there were more Entomologists ; 

 and there is no doubt that it would be a great benefit to 

 themselves, and to all their acquaintance, if all those who are 

 now destitute of any scientific occupation were to turn their 

 attention to Entomology; nor let it be for a moment 

 imagined that I recommend any one to devote his whole time 

 to Entomologv. If it be made the business of life, some other 



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occupation must be sought for recreation ; you cannot en- 

 gage the whole day in one uniform occupation without feel- 

 ings of weariness and irksome monotony being induced ; 

 follow your business whatever it may be with energy during 

 the full time allotted to it, but after business hours, instead 

 of dozing before the fire-place, or doing " nothing at all parti- 

 cular," pursue some scientific study in a methodical and 

 business-like manner, in short — " Take a pleasure in your 

 business, and make a business of your pleasure." 



But I fear I am preaching too long a sermon to secure the 

 unflagging interest of my younger readers, so I will endea- 

 vour to direct their attention to some points more imme- 

 diately practical. I will presume you have each of you been 

 collecting for a year or two, and have obtained a tolerable 

 collection, but no doubt you are puzzled to get some of your 

 specimens named, and as there is no royal road to Entomo- 

 logy, any more than to any other branch of learning, to 

 name a collection of insects is not an easy matter. Many 

 is the inquiry that I have had for some work on Entomo- 



