io8 FRANCIS ORPEN MORRIS 



the adoption of an exclusively Latin nomenclature, 

 even by those who have never learnt any other than 

 their mother tongue, he gave an amusing illustration 

 of the absurd mistakes which are sometimes made 

 with regard to the Latin names. He was describing 

 a moth called Vespertaria, when he remarked : 



" Staunch Churchman as I hereditarily am, I exer- 

 cise the widest tolerance towards those who are 

 not so happy as to be within the pale of the Church. 

 You may imagine, therefore, with what feelings I one 

 day last year received the intelligence that a brother 

 entomologist had recently captured and killed some 

 two hundred Presbyterians. It was, in fact, made a 

 matter of boast. I expressed the thought that it might 

 yet prove not to have been the case, but my infor- 

 mant stood me out that the deed had been done. I 

 could, as a magistrate for the East Riding, have 

 issued a warrant for the immediate apprehension of 

 this second Claverhouse, but I concluded that, after 

 all, his own reflections w r ould be a sufficient punish- 

 ment ; so I left him to them, and went on my way 

 without further thought of l Bonny Dundee/ or of 

 the retributive justice which deeds like his might 

 merit and demand." 



The engraving of the plates was in the first 

 instance entrusted to a skilful artist in London, 

 who, it was generally admitted, did his work ad- 

 mirably. After the completion of the eighth part 

 the illness of the engraver caused an unavoidable 

 delay, and ultimately the engraving was placed in 

 the hands of Mr. E. Brown of York, who performed 



