222 CONCLUSION, 



of indolence, and too frequently seeks employ- 

 ment in pursuits of a degrading and unprofit- 

 able nature. 



In proportion with his want of knowledge, 

 he will be the dupe of impostors and the prey of 

 villains, and in no instance will he be more ex- 

 posed to their artifices, than in that which is 

 combined with the present subject. 



Desirable must be an acquaintance witli 

 the constituent principles of the numerous pro- 

 ductions with the munificent Creator has pro- 

 vided for the benefit of man; for it is not only 

 satisfactory to comprehend the uses to which 

 they may be applied, but it is also necessary to 

 be capable of distinguishing that which is 

 friendly or hostile to their oeconomy. 



But natural historians appear to have directed 

 their researches principally among those animals 

 which inhabit but a small part of the globe, 



while 



