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will then go through a more extensive 
course, and study each part of it with more 
accuracy than would have now suited your 
young head. In the mean time you 
must endeavour to keep up the informa- 
tion you have already obtained : nature 
is before you, and I shall be ready to as- 
sist you in observing the habits, and ex- 
amining the structure, of our common 
insects. I will also point out to you, 
from time to time, instructive passages 
in various books, on this subject : but 
there are other subjects to which I should 
wish at present to turn your attention : 
botany, for instance. 
Lucy, Well, mamma, I am sure you 
can make any subject agreeable ; and, in- 
deed, I am very fond of my little flower 
garden ; but as to botany, I fear it will 
be very dull work. I have seen both 
Fanny, and my cousin Sophy, sit poring 
over flowers and tearing them to pieces, 
and every piece they called by some hard 
name ; and then they look in their books ; 
