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the island, and cast about for rotten trees ; nor was 
I long in discovering a very promising stump, 
nicely decayed, and full of holes enough to capti- 
vate the heart of any beetle. Being, however, 
fatigued with my scansorial efforts, I sat down 
before the citadel of Damaster, and assisted my 
deliberations by smoking a solemn pipe. Having 
propitiated Nicotiana and matured my plan of ope- 
rations, I commenced the work of destruction, when, 
Io! among the vegetable debris I descried a long 
dusky leg, anon two more, and then, buried among 
the ruins, the struggling Damaster. In this 
manner was the rarest beetle known captured by 
a wandering disciple of iEsculapius, and an eccen- 
tric Fellow of the Linnaean Society.” 
I had an opportunity of seeing a portion of 
Dr. Adams’s treasures on board of the 4 Action ’ in 
China. In addition to insects, he had a fine collec- 
tion of sea-shells, which will prove of great interest 
to conchologists in Europe. His cabin was full 
of specimens illustrating the natural history of 
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