PART II 
THE “LITTLE ANIMALS” 
While ruder heads stand amazed at those 
prodigious pieces of nature, as Elephants, 
Dromidaries, and Camels ; these I confesse, 
are the Colossus and Majestick pieces of 
her hand; but in these narrow Engines 
there is more curious Mathematicks, & 
the civility of these little Citizens, more 
nearly sets forth the wisdome of their 
Maker.—Sir Thomas Browne (1642). 
