22 MEMOIR OF HUBER. 



together, who have turned their attention to the same 

 pursuits ; and that therefore nothing short of the 

 direct evidence of our senses, the most rigid scrutiny, 

 and the most minute correctness of detail in experi- 

 ment, can justify our denouncing his accuracy, or 

 drawing different conclusions. His experiments were 

 admirably fitted to elicit the truth, and his inferences 

 so strictly logical, as to afford all reasonable security 

 against any very important error. 



Huber's "Nouvelles observations sur les Abeilles", 

 addressed in the form of letters to his friend Bonnet, 

 appeared in 1 70 2 in one volume. In 1 8 1 4, a second 

 edition was published at Paris in two volumes, com- 

 prehending the result of additional researches on the 

 same subject, edited in part by his son. An English 

 version appeared in 1806', and was very favourably 

 noticed by the Edinburgh Review. A third edition 

 of this translation was published in Edinburgh in 

 1821, embracing not only the original work of 1792, 

 but also the several additions contained in thatof 1814, 

 and which had originally made their appearance in 

 the Bibliotheque Britannique. These additional ob- 

 servations were, On the Origin of Wax, On the use of 

 Farina or Pollen, On the Architecture of Bees, and 

 On the precautions adopted by these insects against 

 the ravages of the Sphinx Atropos. 



To enlarge on the personal character and domestic 

 circumstances of Huber, falls not strictly within our 

 province, which embraces only, or chiefly, his cha- 

 racter and writings as a naturalist. There are how- 

 ever some features in his disposition, and some cir- 



