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The Brig-Schooner "Pilgrim"

           Onemustconceiveaveryuselesstree,withoutfruitandalmostwithoutleaves,incapableofgivingnourishmentorshelter,butwithagoodheart.

           SuchwasCousinBenedict.Hewouldverywillinglyrenderservicetopeopleif,asMr.Prudhommewouldsay,hewerecapableofrenderingit.

           Finally,hisfriendslovedhimforhisveryfeebleness.Mrs.WeldonregardedhimasherchildalargeelderbrotherofherlittleJack.

           ItispropertoaddherethatCousinBenedictwas,meanwhile,neitheridlenorunoccupied.Onthecontrary,hewasaworker.Hisonlypassionnaturalhistoryabsorbedhimentirely.

           Tosay"NaturalHistory"istosayagreatdeal.

           Weknowthatthedifferentpartsofwhichthisscienceiscomposedarezoology,botany,mineralogy,andgeology.

           NowCousinBenedictwas,innosense,abotanist,noramineralogist,norageologist.

           Washe,then,azoologistintheentireacceptationoftheword,akindofCuvieroftheNewWorld,decomposingananimalbyanalysis,orputtingittogetheragainbysynthesis,oneofthoseprofoundconnoisseurs,versedinthestudyofthefourtypestowhichmodernsciencerefersallanimalexistence,vertebrates,mollusks,articulates,andradiates?Ofthesefourdivisions,hadtheartlessbutstudioussavantobservedthedifferentclasses,andsoughttheorders,thefamilies,thetribes,thegenera,thespecies,andthevarietieswhichdistinguishthem?

           No.

           HadCousinBenedictdevotedhimselftothestudyofthevertebrates,mammals,birds,reptiles,andfishes?

           No.

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