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*' fear thee in their conrfe j the great flar of heaven 

 *' lights thee with refpect ; and the higheft tree which 

 *' can bend, gains by thy fide." 



We fhall conclude thefe extrafts for the prefent, with 

 the following fhort, elegant, and pious infcription which 

 was placed over the door of the fame court, which ap- 

 pears to have been paved with marble of the pureft 

 white, and which was no doubt, when in its priiline 

 luftre, of beautiful workmanfliip. It runs thus : 



" If thou admireft my beauty, without thinking of 

 " God, who is the author of all things, I warn thee 

 " that it is a folly; becaufe thou mighteft make thy ad- 

 " miration turn to thy profit, and God may bring thee 

 " to death, O ye who look upon this marble of per- 

 " feci workmanfliip and beauty, watch over its defence; 

 ** and that it may be lafting, protect it with your 

 " whole power *." 



Should thefe extracts prove agreeable to our readers, 

 we {hall, in fome future numbers of this work, com- 

 municate farther particulars concerning this people, 

 whofe characler and hillory is in general very little un- 

 derfl;ood in Europe. 



Of! Cruelty to Animals. 



Nocuit fua culpa duobus. Ovid. Met. lib. xv. v. cxt. 

 His fault to botli was fatal. 



"To the Editor of the Bee. 



Sir, 

 I FORMKLY told you that I was not an original genius ; 

 and of confequence my thoughts muil cliiefly ariie from 

 occurrences ili.it liappea under my own obfervation, 



* The paflagf is, " Prote6l it with your five fingers and your hand, 

 alluding to certain tenets not undfrftooj hv us. 



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