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habitation and its name, we may commence a career, the 

 further success of which will depend solely on our energy 

 and application. 



The first difficulties, however, are ever the most arduous ; 

 and, with the view of assisting the student to surmount them, 

 we shall furnish a few practical hints, which may tend to 

 facilitate his progress, and render his task comparatively 

 easy and delightful. 



THE SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES AND OTHER ADVANTAGES 

 AFFORDED BY THE METROPOLIS. The student, if a resident 

 in the capital, should, in the first place, procure a ticket of 

 admission to the library of the British Museum, by which 

 he will obtain access to works too voluminous and expensive 

 for a private collection. Such a ticket is to be procured 

 by applying to the principal librarian, and producing a 

 recommendation satisfactory to a trustee or an officer of 

 the house. 



He will also find it expedient to avail himself of the 

 advantages afforded by the scientific collections of the Mu- 

 seum; and the departments of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, 

 and Fossil Organic Remains, may be advantageously studied 

 with the aid of the Synopsis. 



The Geological Society will conduce, in an important 

 degree, to his information ; he should inspect its collections, 

 consult its Transactions, and, above all, attend its meetings. 



The Museum of Economic Geology, Jermyn-street, is an 

 establishment, the importance of which is only beginning to 

 be appreciated by the public. It has long been a matter 

 of regret, that we possess no School of Mines, analogous 

 to those establishments on the Continent, where instruction 

 in the elementary departments of mining, and its associate 

 sciences, could be procured. Sir H. T. Delabeche has, 

 however, prevailed on the Government to supply the defi- 

 ciency, by forming a museum for the collection of fossils,* 

 ores, minerals, building-stones, models of mines and works, 

 together with an office for the records of mines. 



The Royal Institution will afford excellent opportunities 

 for acquiring chemical and general scientific knowledge. 

 The Linn&an, Zoological, Entomological, and Microscopic 



* Ably superintended by Professor Forbes. 



