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VIII. 



ON 



INSECTS AND MARINE ANIMALS. 



MY DEAR FRIENDS, 



You were pleased with my lecture on Insects 

 last spring, and I am now going to pursue the 

 subject ; for it is almost an endless one. In 

 fact, the works of nature, or, I should say, of 

 the great Creator, far exceed what we know, or, 

 indeed, are ever likely to know of them. My 

 lecture, however, will not be confined to insects; 

 but I propose also to bring under your notice 

 some of those marine animals which so many of 

 you must have seen, but, probably, have not 

 been acquainted with their peculiar habits. 



I will first describe to you the cochineal insect, 

 because, with the exception perhaps of indigo, it 

 produces the most important of all materials for 



