NOVEMBER. S17 
vessel is globular. The seeds have among them a great 
number of little thread-like substances, which when exposed 
to the sun suddenly contract, and by that means cause them 
to fly in all directions. 
This account, though very short, will, I hope, excite my 
readers to examine these very wonderful productions; they 
will be amply repaid for the trouble, and find that the most 
insignificant weed is worthy of inspection, as being the work 
of Him who not only “by his strength setteth fast the 
mountains,” to raise our minds by their sublimity and 
grandeur, but also “clothes the grass of the field,” to fill 
our hearts with love, by the minute yet exceeding beauty 
which pervades every part. 
