encouragement with which they have fa- 

 voured us in our humble attempts to illus- 

 trate a small portion of a most attractive 

 branch of Natural History. We have been 

 richly rewarded for all our exertions by 

 the delight which we have enjoyed, while 

 studying the charming productions of our 

 Almighty Father, so inconceivable in va- 

 riety, so inimitable in beauty. We know 

 not how to conclude better than in the 

 words of an eloquent writer : n Whatever 

 the department of nature may be which we 

 explore, in quest of evidence for the per- 

 fections of its Author, there is no inquirer, 

 though even of the most transcendant 

 powers, who shall ever attain the satisfac- 

 tion of having traversed the whole length 

 and breadth of the land. He will but have 

 entered and proceeded a certain way, 

 within the margin of a territory, whose 

 riches are inexhaustible. " 



