CHARACTER IN FEATHERS. 



The finger of God hath left an inscription upon all his works, 

 not graphical or composed of letters, but of their several forms, 

 constitutions, parts, and operations, which, aptly joined together, 

 do make one word that doth express their natures. By these let- 

 ters God calls the stars by their names ; and by this alphabet 

 Adam assigned to every creature a name peculiar to its nature. 



Sir Thomas Browne. 



