110 WORKS OF NATURE UNHEEDED. 



Brought forward 2,680 



Thirty proceeding, on the average, 

 from each of the eight hundred 

 bones of the fingers, make 24,000 



Total 26,680 



What wonderful art and mechanism does this crea- 

 ture display ! And though so complex in its con- 

 struction, yet, when alive, every limb, every joint, 

 and every bone, performed its part without disorder, 

 or in any way interfering with each other : affording 

 complete enjoyment to the creature, and enabling it 

 to move in every direction which the functions of its 

 nature required. 



The globe we inhabit abounds with objects both 

 curious and surprising ; yet multitudes of people, and 

 those of the better sort, live fifty or sixty years upon 

 it without making the faintest attempt to become 

 acquainted with them. Does this proceed from a 

 want of taste, or a neglect in forming the mind early 

 to observation ? I rather think the latter ; for surely 

 none can see the beauties of creation and not admire 

 them. Children brought up in crowded cities are to 

 be pitied in this respect : they see scarcely any thing 

 but the works of art, and they associate the ideas of 

 beauty and value to the productions of the mechanic 

 only. An insect is often an object of abhorrence to 



