88 STUDIES OF NATURE. 



monftrate, that he hnnfelf is the counterpart of 

 the Deity. 



Finally, the fpheres of all beings have a com- 

 munication, by means of rays, which feem to unite 

 their extremities. We fhall remark on the ftalac- 

 tities and chryftallizations of foflils, the procefles 

 of vegetation j and I think we may perceive even 

 the movement of animals in that of their magne- 

 tic influence. On the other hand, we fhall fee 

 plants forming themfelves, after the manner of 

 foflils, without any apparent organization ; fuch is, 

 among others, the truflle, which has neither leaves, 

 nor flowers, nor roots. Others reprefent, in their 

 flowers, the figure of animals, as the orchites ; or 

 their fenfibility, as the fenfitive plant, which lets 

 fall, and fliuts it's leaves at the flightefh touch ; or 

 their inftinâ:, as the dionaa mufcipula, which catches 

 flies. The petals of this plant are formed of op- 

 pofite little leaves, impregnated with a fu- 

 gary fubRance, which attrads the flies ; but the 

 infl:ant they alight, thefe little leaves fuddenly clofe 

 together with a fpring, like the jaws of a fox-trap, 

 and pierce the fly with their prickly edges. 



There are others Rill more aftonifliing, as hav- 

 ing within themfelves the principle ot motion ; 

 fuch is the hedyjarum moveiiSy or kmim cbanda/i, 



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