TO 
MFs- CORRIE, 
OF 
WOODVILLE, NEAR BIRMINGHAM. 
My pear Mapam, 
Allow me, in dedicating this volume of Illus- 
trations to you, to evince my respect and friendship for one 
whose talents shun publicity. It may have a beneficial 
influence on the rising generation, to know, that a highly 
cultivated understanding, and varied accomplishments, are 
not inconsistent with a perfect discharge of all the social 
duties. And that a mind stored with knowledge, and 
imbued with Religion, is an effectual antidote to the cheer- 
less influence of debilitated health. 
That these, my Zoological Recreations, may 
in your opinion, contribute to the great end which the 
naturalist should ever keep in view, the developement of 
the harmonies of Creation, and the discovery of the natural 
system, is the hope of, 
My pear Manan, 
Your obliged and sincere Friend, 
WILLIAM SWAINSON. 
