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of each insect, you know, yon gave me a 
a most entertaining account — not the 
name alone. 
Mother, Nor in teaching you botany 
should I give you merely names ; I should 
begin as I did with Fanny, and she was 
very much interested. I explained to her 
the growth of plants from the seed ; their 
general structure; and the probable use 
of each part. 
Lucy. Oh, mamma, I should cer- 
tainly like to know all that : indeed you 
are very good to bear with all my non- 
sense. When shall we begin ? I dare 
say I shall find more amusement in 
botany than I imagined. 
Mother. Amusement, of which you so 
often speak, is not the only object I have 
in view. 
Lucy, You wish, at the same time, 
to instruct me in what you called the 
diflferent kingdoms of natural history ? 
Mother, I do ; but there is a still higher 
object, one of far more consequence 
than the clearest and most extensive 
