16 ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN. 
for of them, of course, his opportunities could 
apply but to a very small proportion ; but in 
that great and comprehensive art, the habit 
of forming clear ideas for themselves: ‘* The 
opposite habit,” he would often say ;—‘“‘ the 
habit of contenting ourselves with only ob- 
scure and confused ideas, is the greatest foe 
to knowledge ;—the source of infinite igno- 
rance ;—the source, therefore, of infinite mis- 
chief !” 
“* Well, my dears,” resumed he upon 
the present occasion, “‘we have now got so 
far as to understand, that the word Zoo- 
logy signifies the Science or Knowledge of 
Animals, or of Animal Being, or of Animated 
Nature. It follows, that by the term Zoo- 
logical, we mean whatever belongs to Zoo- 
logy ; and next comes the question, not of 
the Zoological Garden, but of the Zoolo- . 
gical Society.” 
** Not of the Zoological Garden, Uncle ?” 
interrupted Jane. 
“The term, Zoological Garden or Gar- 
dens,” replied Mr. Dartmouth, ‘‘is very con- 
venient, and, as such, is employed, I observe, 
on the head of the pages of that beautiful 
