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sncfeing the iuicy sweets from their delicate caps. 

 And the in^cts^ how curioas the various changes which 

 take place in the course of their lives: first, eggs; sec- 

 ond.^ larvae; third, pupae, fourth and last, imago or 

 perfect image of their parents. Most all insects make 

 cucoons, and they must be guided or instructed by 

 instinct to perform the various wonders which they do. 

 The same in the case of migrating birds. How do they 

 know when to go and where to go unless they be guid- 

 ed in some manner? 



The higher ranks of the animal kingdom have a 

 great degree of reasoning; and man which stands at 

 the head of all is gifted with more than any of them if 

 he only puts it to its right use, this being left for him 

 to do or leave undone. How gloomy would this world 

 be without the things above mentioned, and many more 

 which have been omitted and are equally interesting. 



If you want proof of this Just take notice in winter, 

 when most of the birds are gone, and the flowers, how 

 we long for them to come back again, and look for- 

 ward to the coming of spring with great joy. In win- 

 ter it seems as though nature was dead. Notwith- 

 standing this, if a careful observer go out on a ramble 

 he is sure to find something to attract him, if it is but 

 to examine the crystals on the snow, providing there 

 be any. Many people pass through the world and 

 scarcely know what it contains. I do not mean to say 

 that every one should devote a large portion of time in 

 this line, but I do mean to say that an interest in that 

 way is not only very interesting but profitable. Some 

 men do naught but study and observe in nature, and 

 have written a great number of useful and instructive 



