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that, when practicable, it is a good thing to mount each 

 object by two or more different methods, as very frequently 

 one feature is best shown dry, another in liquid, and a third 

 in balsam. Secondly, let no failures discourage you in 

 following up what will assuredly one day become a source of 

 great pleasure, and render your daily constitutional walk, 

 which is often dull in the extreme, very delightful, as it will 

 afford you some new wonder in every hedge-row. And, 

 lastly, let the mounting be studied thoroughly, scarcely any 

 part of microscopie science being more worthy of thought 

 than this, since it will so far contribute to the enjoyment 

 or instruction of others, as to preserve for their examination, 

 objects which have already ministered to your own, but 

 which may yet be so perishable as to be speedily lost unless 

 some one of the many processes described in this manual be 

 employed for their preservation. 



