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tives of travelled naturalists; of those who have 

 personally explored the various regions of the earth 

 for the love of natural history, and who bring before 

 us the manners and peculiarities of animals in a 

 state of liberty. What a love for such pursuits is 

 inspired by the animated and poetic pages of Wilson! 

 and whi^ we read the Northern Zoology * of the late 

 adventurous naturalists to the Arctic regions, we feel 

 almost prepared to encounter the same difficulties, 

 for the sake of participating in the pleasures of the 

 journey. Among the numerous series of pocket 

 volumes published in these days, and adapted to all 

 the different branches of entertaining knowledge, 

 we should like to see the announcement of one 

 which embraced the travels of naturalists. No col- 

 lection, if judiciously made, would be more perma- 

 nently and generally interesting to the lover of 

 nature, whether he pursues natural history as a 

 study or as a recreation. 



(69.) We shall subsequently show that some know- 

 ledge of the productions of other countries may fur- 

 nish beneficial hints to the merchant in his foreign 

 speculations ; and that he may, in this instance, turn 

 even his recreation to a profitable advantage. If he 

 is prevented from collecting natural productions 

 himself, they can always be purchased ; and at no 

 time so cheaply as at present. A few pounds, judi- 

 ciously expended on proper objects, will be quite 

 sufficient to procure an elementary collection of 



* The title of this work, published under the authority of 

 the Government, is Fauna Boreali- Americana ; but, for the sake 

 of brevity, I generally quote it as Northern Zoology. 



