exciting the admiration of those who arc lon<i of contem- 

 plating the beauties and wonders of creation, and thereby 

 rendering the study of them a source of jjleasure and 

 instruction. 



Yet even in favour of the mere Butterfly hunter, who 

 is attached to insects solely by their beauty or singularity, 

 it would not be difficult to say much. Can it he necessary 

 to declaim on the superiority of a people amongst whom 

 intellectual pleasures are preferred to animal gratification ? 

 Is it to be regi-etted that many of the Spitalfield weavers 

 spend their Saint-Monday holidays in search of some of 

 the more splendid Lepid/)ptera, instead of smoking in an 

 alehouse? Or, is it not rather to be wished, that they 

 should recreate their leisure hours by breathing the pure 

 air, whQe in pursuit of this " untaxed and undisputed 

 game ?" 



" Here is my friend the weaver ; sti'ong desires 

 Reign in his breast ; 'tis beauty he iidmires : 

 See to the shady grove he wings his way, 

 And feels in hope the rapture of the day — 

 Eager he looks, and soon to glad his eyes 

 Appear bright troo))s of fiesh-boni Hutterflies, 



He fears no baiUfTs wrath, no baron's blame, 

 Hls is untaxed and undisputed game." 



crabbe's borough. 



