PRELIMINARY REMARKS, 17 



southern naturalist should fondly long to wander 

 in the secluded regions of the far north, which 

 contain treasures so eagerly coveted for his collec- 

 tion at home, and it is to be hoped that a perusal 

 of the following pages will give him a slight in- 

 sight into the fauna of this magnificent land, and 

 prove that the task of reaching it is neither so 

 arduous or troublesome as he might at first be led 

 to suppose. 



