LITTLE CROSSPISH. 



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say why the Great Creator made this thing - , and why he 

 made that, and to discover in every creature a reason for 

 its peculiar organization. It is but another form of the 

 same vanity, having satisfied itself of the discoveries it has 

 made, to pretend to praise the all-wise Maker's wisdom in 

 so organizing his creatures. That God is all-wise is a 

 revealed truth ; and whether the organization before us 

 seem excellent or imperfect it matters not — we know it is 

 perfect and good, being the work of an all- wise God. 



The vignette represents the form of the avenues in the 

 Common, the Violet, and the Little Crossfishes. 



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