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" The eye is formed on principles similar to those which 

 are applied to the consiruction ol the telescope or camera 

 ohscura. The perception arising from the image is a sub- 

 ject of distinct consideration. The instruments, as far as 

 they relate to the production of the image, are of the same 

 kind. The end is the same ; the means are the same. The 

 lenses of the telescope and the humours of the eye bear a 

 complete resemblance to one another in their figure, in their 

 position, and in their power over the rays of light ; viz. in 

 bringing each pencil to a point at the right distance from 

 the lens : in the eye at the exact place where the membrane 

 of the retina is spread to receive it." — Paley, p. 23. 



" The ear is no less artificially adapted to its office than 

 the eye." — "The external, ear is calculated to catch and 

 collect the pulses of air — These, passing through the barrel 

 of the ear, strike on the thin membrane known by the name 

 of the drum, which, stretched over bony cavities, presents 

 a concurrence of circumstances very analogous to the con- 

 struction of that instrument." — Vide p. 46. 



The organs of smell direct many, perhaps most, animal* 

 to a proper choice of aliment, and greatly contribute to gene- 

 ral delight. The internal part of the nose has six cavities, 

 ciUed the maxillary frontal and spheroid sinuses, on each 

 Side. These are lined with a thick but very irritable mem- 

 brane, in which the sensation of smelling certainly begins. 



The tongue is covered with irritable papillasj supposed to 

 be formed by the extremities of its nerves. Its delight in 

 flavours prompts its exertions in the work of deglutition. 



The organs of touch are diffused throughout the whole 

 surface of the forms of most animals : perhaps some tribes 

 of insects are alone to be excepted. The cutis (a delicate 

 network of fine vessels, disclosed upon removal of the 

 epidermis, the exterior or scr.rf skin,) is found to have 

 throui^hout its whole surface innumerable papillas, like 

 minute granulations, which are most easily observed where 

 the sense of feeling is most delicate. 



i. Relations of individuals to each other. — Hercules and 

 Venus. 



The male is almost always more robust than the 



female. 



