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time on wild heaths and warrens; the former especially, where 
there are stone quarries: most probably it is that their main- 
tenance arises from the aureliz of the order /epidoptera, which 
furnish them with a plentiful table in the wilderness. 
LETTER XLII. 
SELBORNE, March oth, 1775. 
-Some future faunist, a man of fortune, will, I hope, extend 
his visits to the kingdom of Ireland ; a new field and a country 
little known to the naturalist. He will not, it is to be wished, 
undertake that tour unaccompanied by a botanist, because the 
mountains have scarcely been sufficiently examined; and the 
southerly counties of so mild an island may possibly afford 
some plants little to be expected within the British dominions. 
A person of a thinking turn of mind will draw many just 
remarks from the modern improvements of that country, both 
in arts and agriculture, where premiums obtained long before 
they were heard of with us. ‘The manners of the wild natives, 
their superstitions, their prejudices, their sordid way of life, 
will extort from him many useful reflections. He should also 
take with him an able draughtsman ; for he must by no means 
pass over the noble castles and seats, the extensive and pictur- 
esque lakes and waterfalls, and the lofty stupendous mountains 
so little known, and so engaging to the imagination when 
described and exhibited in a lively manner; such a work 
would be well received. 
As I have seen no modern map of Scotland, I cannot pre- 
tend to say how accurate or particular any such may be; but 
this I know, that the best old maps of that kingdom are very 
defective. 
The great obvious defect that I have remarked in all maps 
of Scotland that have fallen in my way is a want of a colored 
