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with printed books about her. Let no one think 

 that this same N"atural History is a pursuit fitted 

 only for effeminate or pedantic men. I should say 

 rather, that the qualifications required for a perfect 

 naturalist are as many and as lofty as were required, 

 by old chivalrous writers, for the perfect knight- 

 errant of the Middle Ages ; for (to sketch an ideal, 

 of which I am happy to say our race now affords 

 many a fair realization) our perfect naturalist should 

 be strong in body ; able to haul a dredge, climb a 

 rock, turn a boulder, walk all day, uncertain where 

 he shall eat or rest ; ready to face sun and rain, wind 

 and frost, and to eat or drink thankfully anything, 

 however coarse or meagre ; he should know how to 

 swim for his life, to pull an oar, sail a boat, and 

 ride the first horse which comes to hand ; and, 

 finally, he should be a thoroughly good shot, and a 

 skilful fisherman ; and, if he go far abroad, be able 

 on occasion to fight for his life. 



For his moral character, he must, like a knight 

 of old, be first of all gentle and courteous, ready 

 and able to ingratiate himself with the poor, the 



