THE PLEASURES OF ENTOMOLOGY. 9 



No. 1 is not subject to be destroyed either by mould, mites 

 or fire, and will be found available for the formation of 

 Collection No. 2. 



The pleasures of the observer are independent of his col- 

 lection, and therefore he is not liable to be deprived of them, 

 and this is no slight addition to the enjoyment he derives from 

 them. 



But it must also be borne in mind, that it is no slight plea- 

 sure to find occupation and an object in every country walk. 

 An Entomologist cannot say that — 



" A primrose by the river's brim 

 A yellow primrose is to him, 

 And it is nothing more." 



A primrose conveys to his mind a reminiscence of all the 

 insects that feed on it; he thinks of the fat larvae which eat 

 the leaves in winter and early spring, and for which he 

 has oft perambulated his garden by night with a lantern ; he 

 thinks of the Dipterous miner that forms its mazy whitish 

 track on the surface of the leaves — and not only has a prim- 

 rise this importance to him, an importance which, without 

 lessening its beauty as a flower, invests it in addition with 

 other points of interest, but almost every plant and shrub 

 becomes to him replete with pleasant recollections — a walk, 

 even when he is not actually looking for insects, becomes a 

 totally different thing from what the same walk would be to 

 another person. But when we further consider that a walk 

 is generally undertaken by the Entomologist with the express 

 object of finding something, and it is rarely that he fails to 

 succeed (if not in finding the very thing he was seeking for), 

 at least of finding something which he is glad to meet with. 



ODD I 



we can comprehend that an Entomologist derives pleasure 

 from every walk he takes. 



And how many there are who would be thankful to learn 

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