10 PREFACE TO PARENTS. 



which eschews strife, and promotes practical good- 

 ness ; and truly can he say, that he has indulged 

 in some of his happiest and, as he trusts, his ho- 

 liest musings when, in the solitary pursuit of his 

 favourite science, to use the language of good old 

 Izaak Walton, that simple-hearted lover of God, and 

 all his works, " he has looked upon the wonders 

 of nature with admiration, or found some harmless 

 insect to content him, and pass away a little time, 

 without offence to God, or injury to man." 



