26 ADVANTAGES OF THE STUDY. 



from pole to pole," and allows the philosopher to 

 transmit his discoveries to future ages, is only the 

 production of an insect. Honey, which from the 

 earliest times has been the emblem of aU that is most 

 grateful to the palate, is another tribute from the 

 insect world. The bright dye of the cochineal is 

 supplied by an insect ; and silk, the use of which is 

 still more widely diffused, is, perhaps, the most ex- 

 traordinary existing example, of the benefits derived 

 by man from the labours of the insect tribes. 



I hope enough has now been adduced to show that 

 the study of Entomology should not, by any reflective 

 mind, be regarded as frivolous or degrading, and that 

 if we would either derive advantage or escape injury 

 from insects, a knowledge of their habits and economy 

 is alike indispensable. 



