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and, besides that, beyond all imagination, how unspeakably 

 small the eggs of these wasps, and the holes they make by 

 the ovipositor in the shell of the egg, through which they 

 shove their eggs. Just consider how, in all these trifles, a 

 perfect Omnipotence reigns. But what does it matter to us, 

 some light spirit may ask, that we know and think about 

 this: could we get anything useful out of it? I reply — Yes, 

 certainly ! For, first, whenever we contemplate such mar- 

 vellous wonders, the question forces itself upon us — Who can 

 have brought these all so perfectly to pass, and ordered it so 

 wonderfully? The answer can be nothing else but — Surely 

 an Almighty God ! Would not this bear us up, and sustain 

 us when wavering in the faith? In the second place, there 

 flows from this truth that the wonders of God are not less 

 unspeakably great in the smallest trifles than in the greatest 

 phenomena of Nature ; so that it may well be said — 

 " Eminet in minimis maximus ille Deus." 



Notes on the Macro-Lepidoptera of Lilheck. By Arthur 

 W. Paul, Esq. 



On perusing the title of these few remarks, the mind of the 

 reader will naturally revert to the Baltic shores — the home of 

 our Saxon forefathers — and to the fine old town, the capital 

 of the republic, bearing the same name, which some four 

 hundred years ago held an important position amongst 

 maritime cities, by virtue of its being at the head of the 

 Hanseatic League ; and the Senate, composed of the deputies 

 from eighty-nine free cities, which met within its walls, 

 assembled to lay down the law, — certainly as far as commerce 

 was concerned, — which was recognized by the sea-ports of 

 Northern Germany and of the adjacent countries. That was 

 a time when Liibeck could look down upon her sister city, 

 Hamburg, with feelings of superiority and pride ; but Fate 

 the inexorable, in her dealings with nations, has made Liibeck 

 no exception to the general rule ; and the dissolution of the 

 Hanseatic League in 1630, together with the mischievous 

 results of French rule from 1810 to 1813, have done much to 

 humble the once powerful city ; and from having a population 

 of two hundred thousand souls, with a position as a sea-coast 



