RETROSPECT AND R KM ARKS. 



hare only to look at the accompanying diagrams, to see how the external appearance of 

 an ant differs from that of a bee ; and if we examine a beetle such as the Elm- destroying 

 scolytus, we immediately nee how differently it is formed from either the auu, the 



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bees, or butterflies ; in fact, the wings are protected by hard covering, which the others 

 do not possess; we could not, therefore, place them in the same ordrr or genus. 



One thing is especially necessary for the naturalist to remember; that the mere collect- 

 ing of specimens, without any other object 

 than that of acquiring a heap, as the miser 

 does of gold, is useless, unscientific, and 

 attended with many inconveniences, the 

 least of which is expense. 



Students should not be alarmed at the 

 difficult looking names employed in 

 Zoology, or indeed any other science, they 

 are necessary ; and after reading them 

 over a few times, they will become almost 

 as familiar as the names of their school- 

 fellows. The best way to master the dif- 

 ficul v of reading and speaking th-- t chnir.il 

 names if ar i to copy them out 



several times in a book, < 1 tables, 



then ask some scientific friend to pronounce 

 the words, and write the pronunciation 

 Opposite tn them; thus fttrmica nifa 

 '.lid roofha). Do not let >our only 

 object be to learn a long list of scientific 

 name* to Ml D frirmN. but endeavour rather to thoroughly urns.- 



you do learn. Commence by getting a gcnertl knowledge of the great divisions 

 of any one clam of animals, such as tin- quadruped*, of which there are about 1,200 

 r j>eruli..ritics, names, orders, tribes, fan copy these names 



over and over again, and persevere in mastering all the uifhVultirs that start up before 

 you. If one name appears more difficult than another, underline it with ml ink, and 

 study that more than the others. \Vln-n you line brrome acquainted with their name* 

 and peculiarities, endeavour to discover the reason each animal is classed as described, 



fiy m MJmit. mnlr and fml-/orm,V-t rw/a. 



.rnn. qur*n, ml worker. 



3.V .Vro/y/w rflre/r , or Kim demoting tcolrtos, txhibltlnf thttxptndvd w!ng ami wins 

 eoTr of the intect. 



