.i54 Insect Architecture. 



efforts to procure nourishment, lengthened out parts of its 

 body into arms and other members ; that after this ifilajnent 

 had improved itself into, an oyster, and had bqen by chance 

 left dry. by;, the ebbing of the tide, its efforts to reach the water 

 ag£^in^ie;j^:|>,^i;wfc^, , the. ^partS) nearest tQ.the siea,int9 artist and 

 legsj;..tb<at4fti^ tried, t(y rise,.fiiaq:i its.ipa,ti¥e ,|'|[:)cks,|tl^e, efforts 

 prQ(^u<?^d win^ji^andi litnlpiQ^An?^ 9ja in6ec,t;,i^}iiiQii4n! due course 

 of ^^, ig;?prpy,^4 i>t;sftlf , ^by, ,ft-.e^b.. £JS?rjt,s, tjli if k^^^e. . 2^ bird, 

 the \ imo^'6 perfect im^mb^rs . be^ng .alwajf^ >heil•^itq,?]^^y ■ -transi- 

 mitted.tp the* progeny;; thai: the diifepcent formsof the bills of 

 bircls, \vhyiejtji9r'jkiqpked5 br<p^d,;or,Jong, ^^^:^€;^r^dvi^ly ap-quired 

 by tji^ p^^p#i^^l ei>{}§^yoa^fj§ q|:\|:hacri<?^iuij^ tp/s^ppjy. ^heir 

 wfvnt^j. tJ^^^;j[Ji^.longtlegge4 water-fowl [)(;Q.r^Ia$5r,^. ^zgors) 

 in ]^j^, >v^j{,acqwire^,Jjeng^bjof,fl^ suffici^qt'to>^l«|>rate. j^heir 

 bodies above the water in which they waded;. th^t^a^piKoJ^p^cis 

 of a^mkable structure has thus been acquired by the bee, the 

 moth, and the humming-bird, for the purpose of plundering 

 the nectaries of flowers ; and that the giraffe acquired its long 

 neck by its efforts to browse on the high branches of trees, 

 wtiich, ^^te-* tliie Iftpes . of^ a fe>!«i thjOvUs^id ^yeai-S) it.*<Auccessfully 

 accomplished !.v^'! Pi (\BeeInsec^'-T7^amforfnatid?is, p. 9.) We 



wp/i^ey, h((g_Wj jiTi^^r^y centuries, qr tens of centuries, it took to 

 eljevaj;^^ jty is ' VjS^c^ ^ of theorists ' from tlie , conditio^i of ^ brute 

 fce^.^ts ^f^iy^put i^Merstanding,' into the' form ,^ncl stature, of 

 hu^j^^n^^l^^ngi^ K^/^oj en regular ^J:'pf]^t4tio^ of such 



ll^^uijl nqn^^nse^jw-puld be an insult to the ppdersj^ncHngs^ 

 opf rea^^r^^'j^F^cl ^a^ii , jijn4ertaking.;atoit\V^^^ as'tp 



-^jti|^j:^.:jv^,^fig,d,,^ recipe for the jpianufacttire of 



fpfi^,js, fey ^ rqasting t|he old ones, cji^opping; th€|m,.up, and 

 ^Wie^^mg^%)Wi^4^ \9 ^f^i^e>.^e^^'fiT«ii^pymkelets 

 (f^S^ife^ ,p:f^^^7za/?qw^. p.i^.)^ w^ spnk 4^the ^rec^plw^ 

 sinfp^ci^ o:lf J 0'(e_ experimenter, anc( pity th'e i^pv^^c^ .Q\,Q' 

 d^rjj: avid ^i^iperstitious age. B at we , cannot Mp expressing 

 oxi^.^n^igriejl^ astonishment, that in later aiul more eiil|giitene3 

 tirne§^j.^gj->)^ill not say, any pkilosoj)hc% oYnatiirfiisi^^nt,^ aiiy 

 one(|^e^y;iig:Oiily ihQjfacG of a man^ shoukt he fouiufto jidyq- 

 cate doc(;rines so utterly ,unphilosQphical, .,so e^^q^is^ely^ri^i- 

 culp^ui^jas |;):^ose'we have above recorded, '^^e^o not, ^^ 

 thexe^^jja^tjp^ Remotest probability pf such opinion's eyer becom- 

 ing popular, at least on this side of the channel ; however, as 

 there is,,npt;l[ii^ig, it ^eemg, ,^p ^b^i^rd.tp.gaip, jcredei^c^jn the 

 minds ofi soraie^Kwe ithankMr^-Eenaiie for /hailing. :onv this oc- 

 casion- ^nterefd' his -protest against th^mj- and held thfem tip 

 to the ridicule they deserve. We hav^ styled these doctrines 

 unphilooophical and absurd ; but this is not all : we think 



