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Weevil, name!}', that it cannot be produced otlicrwlfe than bs 

 generation, does alfo hold good with regard to all creatures endued 

 with life and motion. And although this is a very- minute animal, yet 

 its fpccies muft have been continued in the way 1 have laid down, 

 from its lirll being formed at the creation : and were it otherwifc, 

 namely, that from inanimate matter, fuch as flones, wood, earth, 

 plants, or feeds, this or any other animal fliould be produced, that 

 •would be a departure from the general courfe of nature ; and fuch 

 formation or new creation, mufl be continually derived from the fu- 

 preme Almighty Creator. 



Probably what I here advance may appear ftrange to fome, and 

 they may perhaps wHh me to enquire into the propagation of other 

 minute animals.; but for the prefent I leave the profecution of thefe 

 matters to thofe who may chufe to beflow as much labour thereon 

 as I have done in this examination of the Weevil, affuring them that 

 my obfervations are tiie refult of more than four months application 

 to the fubjedl. 



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