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MATERIALS FOR INVESTIGATION. 



nine to those ever-varying features, which mark the 

 progress of the seasons, or depict some of the count- 

 less phenomena of nature. What ample materials 

 for investigation those extracts would afford ! and 

 their elucidation would be highly interesting, for it 

 would place in juxta-position the state of natural 

 science now, and at the vaunted era of Queen 

 EUzabeth. 



In my next letter, I shall mention to which of its 

 several branches I wish first to call your attention, 

 and lay before you some of the advantages arising 

 from the pursuit. 



