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logy before he was seventeen years of age, 

 from reading Spectacle de la Nature ; and his 

 decisive experiments upon Aphides do him the 

 highest credit. His works are universally 

 admired for their candour and ingenuity, as 

 well as for their manifest tendency to pro- 

 mote the happiness of man, by exciting in him 

 the love of knowledge and virtue. 



We now come to the physiological disco- 

 veries of SCHIRACH, HUNTER and HUBER, 

 men who have wonderfully advanced the sci- 

 ence of entomology, by a series of experi- 

 ments most ably conducted, by the most 

 patient investigation, and the most accurate 

 and enlightened observation, and placed it 

 upon the solid foundation of rational induc- 

 tion. 



Several other writers also, both in syste- 

 matic works and in periodical publications, 

 have contributed to throw much light upon 

 the oeconomy and habits of the bee. Of the 

 latter description in our own country may be 

 enumerated ARTHUR DOBBS, Esq. ; THOMAS 

 ANDREW KNIGHT, Esq.; Sir C. S.MACKENZIE, 

 and the REV. W. DUNBAR. 



Hitherto I have referred to the writers on 



