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and the forms of their wings, to thofe of the 

 flowers ; the red to the bhie, the white to the red, 

 the antenn-a to the Jiamina, and fringes to the roro//^. 

 I was one day ftruck with admiration at one of 

 thefe, whofe wings were azure, and befprinkled 

 with fpecks of the colour of aurora, as he repofed 

 in the bofom of a full-blown rofe. He feemed to 

 be difputing beauty with the flower. It would 

 have been difficult to determine which way to ad- 

 judge the prize, in favour of the butterfly or of 

 the rofe ; but, on feeing the flower crowned with 

 wings of /apis lazuli, and the azure infc6l depo- 

 fited in a goblet of carmine, it was obvious, on 

 the flighted glance, that their charming contrail: 

 greatly enhanced their mutual beauty. 



Nature does not employ thofe agreeable corre- 

 fpondenciés and contrafts in the decoration of noxi- 

 ous animals, nor even of dangerous vegetables. Of 

 whateverkind thecarnivorous, or venemous animals, 

 maybe, they form, at every age, and wherever they 

 are, oppofitions hardi and difgufting. The white- 

 bear of the North announces his approach over 

 the fnow, by a hollow noife, by the blacknefs of 

 his fnout and paws, and by a throat and eyes the 

 colour of blood. The ferocious beafts, which 

 hunt for their prey in the gloom of darknefs, or 

 in thé folitude of the forefts, give notice of their 

 prefence by loud roarings, lamentable cries, eyes 



VOL. n. B b inflamed. 



