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satisfied the judge and jury of the lady’s laud- 
able inquiryinto the wonderful works of Creation, 
and established her Will.” * 
The accomplished and amiable Sir Joseph 
Banks, it will be remembered, came under the 
satirical lash of Dr Walcot’s pen for a similar 
reason. But, notwithstanding, he has left be- 
hind him an imperishable name. 
Another cause why this inexhaustible and 
interesting study till lately made so little pro- 
gress in Britain, was the want of elementary 
books. But this is now completely obviated, first, 
by the delightful and amusing Introduction 
to Entomology, by Messrs Kirby and Spence, 
in four volumes, the first of which appeared in 
1815; and, subsequently, by the more technical 
Introduction of Mr Samouelle ; and, still more 
recently, by the popular productions of Profes- 
sor Rennie, entitled Insect Transformations, 
Insect Architecture, and Insect Miscellanies. 
The pursuit of nature carries along with it 
many charms, and there is no division of the — 
* Harnis’s Aurelian, p. 27. 
