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enable thee to give mankind a true and proper first 
description of them, thou must not destroy a third J0lTRNE - 
through wantonness, or to show what a good marks¬ 
man thou art; that would only blot the picture thou 
art finishing, not colour it. 
Though retired from the haunts of men, and even 
without a friend with thee, thou wouldst not find it 
solitary. The crowing of the hannaquoi will sound 
in thine ears like the daybreak town clock; and the 
wren and the thrush will join with thee in thy matin 
hymn to thy Creator, to thank him for thy night’s 
rest. 
At noon the Genius will lead thee to the troelv, 
one leaf of which will defend thee from both sun 
and rain. And if, in the cool of the evening, thou 
hast been tempted to stray too far from thy place of 
abode, and art deprived of light to write down the 
information thou hast collected, the fire-fly, which Thefire- 
thou wilt see in almost every bush around thee, will 
be thy candle. Hold it over thy pocket-book, in 
any position which thou knowest will not hurt it, and 
it will afford thee ample light. And when thou 
hast done with it, put it kindly back again on the 
next branch to thee. It will want no other reward 
for its services. 
When in thy hammock, should the thought of thy 
little crosses and disappointments, in thy ups and 
downs through life, break in upon thee, and throw 
thee into a pensive mood, the owl will bear thee The owl. 
company. She will tell thee that hard has been 
her fate too; and at intervals, “ Whip-poor-Will,” 
