OBSERVATIONS. 5 



Oil the same Subject : 



BY ANOTHER AUTHOR. 



Among the numerous tribes of Insects, 

 the commonwealth of the Bee is admirable. 

 Indeed the variety, dispositions, sagacity, and 

 policy of Insects in general, is wonderful : 

 and the remarkable proportions of their or- 

 gans, and delicacy of structure, ought to ex- 

 cite inquisitive curiosity, rather than a pro- 

 pensity of enmity or destruction. They are 

 arrayed with a profusion of gold, silver, and 

 diamonds; of colour, azure, green, crimson, 

 &c. The most curious fringe and plumage 

 adorns their wings, heads, and bodies. They 

 are provided with teeth, saws, darts, claws, 

 and scaly coats of mail. Some spin on dis- 

 taffs, and with fingers form the thread. 

 Others, construct nests, and weave lawn, for 

 which they are provided with shuttles or 

 clues. Some cut asunder timber, and build 

 in wood. Others make wax, and are fur- 

 nished with rakes, ladles, and trowels. Many 

 of them have trunks, more wonderful for their 

 various uses than the elephant's, which to 

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