if. - SEMINAL VERMICULLI 5t 
*¢ titude of moft minute animated beings? Thus 
has the Adorable Wifdom prefided over the 
« formation of the univerfe, and known to make 
“the fame sgn sone for fuch different 
* purpofes. -- 
«The Author of Nattire,’ tavei tia, Contem- 
* plation, Part. 5. Chap. 17,’ “has left nothing 
“ ufélefs. The polleri conftined in the genera- 
*s tion of plants is very little compared with the 
«whole quantity that each flower affords. Wif- 
*¢ dom has therefore created the induftrious bee, 
*‘ which ufes the fuperfluous part of this duft 
*¢ with an art that the moft fkilful geometers 
“cannot enoughadmire. ‘The pollen of the fla- 
¢ mina apparently fupplies the neceflities of many 
*¢ other infe&ts ; and thefe infects are in fome re. 
*¢fpe& to pollen what vermiculi are to the 
*¢feminal fluids 
‘ The origin of certain worms in the human 
* body, and that of animals, is a problem yet un- 
© folved by naturalifts: fuch, in particular, is the 
© origin of the Tenia: in my Diffettation, I have 
* fpoken at length of this fingular worm. The 
. origin of fpermatic vermiculi is a problem {till 
© more profound. However, I fhould much in- 
‘ cline to prefume, that, like thofe mentioned in 
‘my Differtation, they originate from without. 
‘ The change of temperature, abode, and nutri- 
‘ ment, may produce firft in individuals, then in 
D2 § fpecies, 
