PREFACE. 

‘ 
Natura! quam te colinus invitt quoque.--SENECA : 

Every natural object is an “altar of memorial’’ 
to Divine Wisdom, but how few bring the offerings 
to be I#id upon if. 


The following 
memoranda claim no higher character than the 
jottings in Natural History, with which I amuse 
moyself, when I can get away from my public duties 
for a time to enjoy rest and recreation. They were 
used as contributions to the pages of the Cornwall 
Chronicle, with a view of assisting the Editorial 
labours of the Proprietor of that Paper, at a time 
when he wassuffering persecution as a journalist. 
They have been since printed in collected form in 
the expectation of rendering them in that shape 
more extensively beneficial to him, while they claim 
not to be devoid of interest to the Colonial public: 
from the local information they contain. 
RICHARD ‘HILL. 
