JE IBetiicate tfjis little ^ciofe 



TO MY VENERABLE FRIEND, 



DR. JAMES SCOTT BOWERBANK. 



F.R.S., &c., 

 ONE OF THE ORIGINATORS OF THE WATER VIVARIUM ; 



TO WHOSE VALUABLE ADVICE AND CHEERING ENCOURAGEMENT 



I, LIKE MANY OTHERS, AM INDEBTED FOR THE CONFIRMATION 



AND INCREASE OF AN EARLY LOVE OF THE 



STUDY OF NATURAL HISTORY'. 



H. L. 



