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made all these things, and partly because, having himself 

 tasted the calm delights flowing from an observation of 

 His works, he would fain make known to others the 

 source of the same sweet and soothing pleasures. 



Of the illustrations, three are from the pencil of Mr. 

 Dickes ; the remainder are from original drawings by the 

 Author, transferred to the wood partly by himself, and 

 partly by Mr. James de Carl Sowerby. 



It merely remains to add, that the village of Compton, 

 in the immediate neighbourhood of which these observa- 

 tions were made, is situated on the river Coatacook, a 

 tributary of the St. Francis, in the county of Sherbrooke, 

 in what are called the Eastern Townships of Lower Canada ; 

 very near the angle formed by a line drawn south from 

 Quebec, and one drawn east from Montreal. It is thir- 

 teen miles distant from the town of Sherbrooke, and 

 about twenty from the border of the State of Vermont. 



London, Jan. 1840. 



