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(307.) The Entomological Society, we would fain 

 hope, is too young to have imbibed any thing but 

 zeal and energy in the prosecution of a fascinating 

 science ; nor can we foresee but one result, if its 

 proceedings are governed by the general wishes of 

 its members. It has but scanty funds — let them 

 be husbanded v/ell ; we hope that associates will be 

 admitted, taken from among the poorer brethren 

 of the net; and that the influential members will 

 inculcate a taste for sound philosophic induction, 

 rather than for speculative theories and technical 

 descriptions. 



(308.) To the British Association for the advance- 

 ment of science might be suggested a few hints. 

 The plan of forming sections or committees upon 

 the different branches of physical science is ad- 

 mirable, and might be rendered doubly advantageous, 

 were it one of the duties imposed upon the chair- 

 man or secretary of each, to draw up a short but 

 comprehensive report on the progress which their 

 own particular science has made during the past 

 year ; including, if possible, abstracts of the most 

 important discoveries, and short biographical notices 



of our zoologists, has been taken from us in the prime of life, 

 leaving a widow and four children totally unprovided for. 

 Had the relict of this distinguished man been old, there are 

 public charities for the widows of the clergy, which might 

 have protected her : but because she is young, she is excluded 

 from their influence. Can she find no friend among the high 

 and titled members of this society, who will advocate her cause 

 in the proper quarter ? Or is there no one, in this country, 

 to befriend "the widow and the fatherless " of an accomplished 

 savant ? 



