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English schools of collecting various objects, so that a 

 new boy, on entering, is asked, " What do you collect ?" 



FIG. 22. 



From an old engraving 

 Erasmus Darwin, grandfather of Charles Darwin. 



Many who have begun by collecting stamps, birds' eggs, 

 or butterflies, have developed into good amateur natu- 

 ralists. When somewhat older, Darwin began to col- 

 lect beetles, and not only obtained a fine series of these 

 insects, but was able to send rare specimens to the en- 

 tomologist, Stephens, who mentioned them in his work 

 on British Entomology. Thus the "mere collector" 

 came to realize that he could contribute something to 

 the progress of science. 



