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BRITISH ENTOMOLOGY 



CHAPTER I. 



JANUAKY. 



There is no branch of Natural History more interesting, 

 and few, more within the reach of students, than that of 

 Entomology : none, certainly, in which they will find more 

 abundant proofs of the wisdom and goodness of that great 

 Being, who is equally the Creator of the gigantic whale 

 and the diminutive animalcule, — of the majestic oak which 

 flourishes a thousand years, and the fleeting ephemera which 

 fulfils its appointed duties, and lays down its little life in the 

 space of a few hours, — of the mightiest intellect which ever 

 adorned the world, and the instinct which teaches the parent 

 moth to lay its eggs on that plant which will afford fitting 



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