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that can be done at home should be reserved for the return of the 

 expedition, for the zoologists will find ample occupation in living 

 nature. 



But perhaps I am too sanguine. I am well aware that the 

 subject is not in high favour with the community generally. If, 

 however, "the proper study of mankind is man," then natural 

 history is the looking-glass. Man is born of infinite capacity, but 

 falls into the snare of pride, and pays the penalty with misery. 



Your obedient servant, 



CHARLES PICKERING. 

 J. N. REYNOLDS, Esq., 

 New York. 





