( ^5-- ) 



" enters the capfula, and thence fpreads over a great part of its 

 *' anterior fiirface. 



*' The aqueous humour occupies the fpace B A Bb Cb. 



" The larger fpace Bb Db BF contains the vitreous humour, 



" The foregoing dcfcription. v.-c prefume, will be found fufficient 

 " to give the reader a geiicral idea of the conftruftion of this won- 

 " derful organ : for a fuller account we muil refer him to the writers 

 " on anatomy. Enough has been exhibited to fliew with what art 

 " and wifdom the eye has been conftrudled." 



The following is a quotation by Mr. Adams, from Reid's Inquiry 

 into the Human Mind : 



" If we fliould fuppofe an order of beings endued with every hu- 

 " man faculty but that of fight, how incredible would it appear to 

 " fuch beings, accuftomed only to the flow information of touch, that 

 " by the addition of an organ, confifling of a ball and ibcket of an 

 " inch diameter, they might be enabled, in an inftant of time, without 

 " changing their place, to perceive the difpofition of a whole army, 

 " the order of a battle, the figure of a magnificent palace, or all 

 " the variety of a beautiful landfcape ? If a man were, by feeling, to 

 " find out the figure of the Peak of Teneriffe, or even of St. Peter's 

 " church at Rome, it would be the work of a life-time. 



" It would appear (till more incredible to luch beings as we have 

 " fuppoled, if they were informed of the difcoveries which may be 

 " made by this little organ, in things far beyond the reach of any 

 " other fenfe. That, by means of it, we can find our way on the 

 " pathlefs ocean, traverfe the globe of the earth, determine its fize 

 " and figure, meafure the planetary orbs, and make dil'coveries in 

 '• the fphere of the fixed fiars. 



" Would it not appear ftill more aftoniihing to thefe beings, if 

 " they fliould be further informed, that by means of this orgaji we 

 '* can perceive the tempers and difpofitions, the aft'e61ions and paf- 



