INTRODUCTION 



HABITS OF OBSERVING, 



AS CONNECTED WITH THE STUDY OP 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



Naturae divitise plane sunt inexhaustee, nee cuiquam post mille 

 secula nato deerit quod scrutetur, et in quo se cum laude 

 exerceat. RAII Epist. 



Nature, enchanting Nature, in whose form 



And lineaments divine I trace a hand 



That errs not, and find raptures still renew'd, 



Is free to all men universal prize. 



Strange that so fair a creature should yet want 



Admirers, and be destin'd to divide 



With meaner objects ev'n the few she finds ! 



COWPER. 



