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feel in the least tired ; I have been very 
much amused ; and every day I find more 
and more pleasure in what you are teach- 
ing me. But I understood from you, 
that coleoptera was a very numerous 
order. 
Mother. It is, my dear ; and I there- 
fore selected a few only of the most 
striking genera. After you have acquired 
a general idea of this delightful and in- 
structive branch of natural history, you 
may prosecute the study of all the orders 
in greater detail. 
