GENERAL REMARKS. 47 



It is unfortunately too much the case, that female ingenuity, (especially in the 

 case of young ladies after leaving school) is in a great degree, directed to trivi- 

 al objects, which have no reference either to utility, or to moral and intellec- 

 tual improvement. But a taste for scientific pursuits once acquired, a lady 

 will feel that she has no time for engagements, which neither tend to the good 

 of others, or to make herself wiser or better. 



paper, by placing upon it^some thin paper and rubbing the fingers gently over 

 it, so that every part of the leaf may come in contact with the sooted oil paper. 

 Then remove the leaf, and place the sooted side upon clean white paper, press- 



ing it gently as before ; upon removing the leaf, the paper will present a deli- 

 cate and perfect outline, together with an accurate exhibition of the veins 

 which extend in every direction through it, more correct and beautiful than the 

 finest drawing. 



Female ingenuity too often directed to trivial objects. 



