AO to correspondents. "July lo. 



and so the night pafses away. It would fill five tundr'd Bees to 

 give the names of all the clubs of this sort that subsist in Britain ; — 

 but who would read them ? 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



The elucidations of J. K. on the gooseberry caterpillar are received 

 and (hall have a place with the first conveniency. His observations 

 on the sli/g, and other destructive reptiles will be very acceptable. 



The communications by Rama came safely to hand ; and fliall be 

 diily attended to. But he will see the propriety of postponing the 

 letter on education, tiU the foni^er communications on that subject 

 are exhausted : which will not be for some time yet. 



To the Lover of System, the Editor of the Bee begs leave to ob. 

 serve, that though he wifhes to appropriate some part of his Miscel- 

 lany to the advancement of knowledge in natur.il history, and par- 

 ticularly to the collecting of useful facts relating to it ; yet it never 

 was his intention to enter into the system of clafsification, which 

 would present to most of^his readers a series of words and phrases 

 that would be totally unintelligible. Those who widi to enter deep- 

 ly into that branch of the science will naturally have recourse to 

 books profefsedly written for that purpose. Whatever occurs in 

 this Miscellany on that subject being entirely suited to unscientific 

 readers, he in some measure guards against the particular this cor- 

 respondent calls for. But if the Editor does not pretend to clafs sys- 

 tematically the objects, especially non descript, which he chances to 

 notice ; he will endeavour so to describe them, as that a scientific 

 student may be at little lofs to clafs them himself. This is the ut- 

 most length he ever wifhes to go : nor will he deem it enough to 

 exclude an article entirely where the description cannot be in all its 

 parts so circumstancial as he could ivifli for the scientific student; 

 where the matter appears to be inteiesting; for in regard to 

 drawings especially, it may often happen that the general appear- 

 ance, and particular parts of an object are so exactly represented as 

 to identify it sufficiently on all future occasions in doubtful cases, 

 though the particular parts that are necefsary for its exact systema- 

 tic clafsification may not have been brought into view. 



The verses by F. A. are received, and under consideration. 



As are also the poetical pieces of Zara, A. R. R. and Ximenes. 



Thanks to an obliging correspondent for his hints for the obitua- 

 ry of the learned with a specimen, which fhall be presented the first 

 convenient occasion. 



As also to Sociusi^fot his obliging communications. 



The clafslcal lines, a^i warfw, are received, and fhall have a place,' 

 though the writer will easily see reason why things of this nature 

 can only be inserted with a very sparing hand ; and that only whcrai 

 they are very fliort. 



