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can teach them — to find wonder in every insect, sub- 

 limity in every hedge-row, the records of past worlds 

 in every pebble, and boundless fertility upon the barren 

 shore ; and so, by teaching them to make full use of 

 that limited sphere in which they now are, make them 

 faithful in few things, that they may be fit hereafter to 

 be rulers over much." * 



And now, dear reader, let us take a trip together, 

 and for awhile commune with green fields and shady 

 woodlands, and to this end betake ourselves to the 

 Eastern Counties Railway Station at Shoreditch, ob- 

 tain tickets for the Ilford Station, at which, after about 

 three quarters of an hour's riding, we shall find our- 

 selves at Ilford en route for Hainhault Forest — now, 

 alas ! doomed to destruction, but which in days gone 

 by was, with the adjoining forest of Epping, a choice 

 hunting-ground. 



Having reached the Ilford Station and alighted, we 

 must, on leaving the station and gaining the town, 

 turn down the lane on our left, when, continuing our 

 course along it until we reach the bottom, we shall 

 then find ourselves on the margin of the " Forest." 



The forest is principally composed of elm, oak and 

 hornbeam, together with a sprinkling of birch and a 

 number of old whitethorn trees. This is the head- 

 quarters of the handsome and variable Peronea cris- 

 tana in the London district. 



Having reached our destination, let us commence 



operations, and, net and beating-stick in hand, make 



ready for the fray. Ah ! what are those active brown 



insects darting about in and out the branches of those 



* Kingsley. 



