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But every foil has it's Flora, and it's Pomona, 

 The rocks, the morafles, the mire, the fand, have 

 each vegetables peculiar to itfelf. The very (hal- 

 lows of the fea are fertile. The cocoa-tree thrives 

 only on the ftrand, and fufpends it's milky fruit 

 over the billows of the briny Deep. Other plants 

 are adapted to the winds, to the feafons, to the 

 hours of the day, with fuch exacft precifion, that, 

 by means of them, Linnets conftruded botanical 

 almanacks and time-pieces. 



Who is capable of defcribing the infinite va- 

 riety of their figure ? What cradles, arches, ave- 

 nues, pyramids of verdure, loaded with fruits, 

 prefent the mod enchanting habitations ! What 

 happy republics lodge under their tranquil (hade \ 

 What delicious banquets are there prepared ! No- 

 thing of them is lofi:. The quadrupeds eat the 

 tender foliage, the feathered race the feeds, and 

 other animals the roots and the rind. The infefts 

 feed on the offal. Their infinite legions are armed 

 with every kind of infiruments for colleéling it. 

 The bees have their thighs furnifhed with fpoons, 

 lined with hair, for picking up the fine powder of 

 their flowers : the fly is provided with a pump for 

 fucking out the fap : the worm has an augre, a 

 wimble, a file, to feparate the folid parts ; and the 

 ant has pincers for carrying off the crumbs. On 

 confidering the diverfity of form, of manners, of 



governments. 



