TO 



THEE IMHEMOK/ST OF 



MY FATHER, 

 FRANKLIN B. HOUQH, 



J1S AN EXPRESSION DF GRATITUDE FDR THE CARE TAKEN TD INCLINE 

 MY FIRST THOUGHTS TD A CONTEMPLATION OF THE WORKS DF 

 NATURE, FOR GUIDANCE AND CONSTANT INSPIRATION 

 IN AFTER YEARS, AND BUT FOR WHOSE SUGGES- 

 TION THIS WORK WOULD NEVER HAVE AP- 

 PEARED, IT IS MOST AFFECTION- 

 ATELY DEDICATED, 



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