412 ANNUAL REPORT OF NEW-YORK STATE SOCIETY. 
Wireworms, Bugs and Spiders, meaning anything and everything. 
You must not hope, however, to arrive at perfection at once; 
for the greater my experience, the more I am convinced that the 
first accounts of the economy of noxious insects cannot be made 
quite correct. So that in fact they become feelers and targets 
for the critics to fire at. But from such attacks, it is incredible 
what information may be collected and errors corrected. I am 
sure you will excuse the liberty I take in thus offering you my 
experience, and urging you to persevere in exploring the path 
you have chosen, so full of interest to yourself, and so important 
to mankind.” 
ASA FITCH. 
Respectfully submitted, 
