100 LECTUKE VIII. 



easily ascertained by tapping on the outside of 

 a hive of bees. 



After what has been said, I think you will be 

 disposed to own that in no part of His works 

 has the All-wise Creator more vividly displayed 

 His goodness as well as His power than in these 

 atoms, if I may call them so, of creation. They 

 are equally worthy of the study of the Christian 

 and the naturalist, as well as affording instruc- 

 tion and entertainment to those I see around 

 me. 



I will now give you an instance in proof of 

 this. You must all of you know the common 

 egg-urchin, or sea-egg, or, as I believe it is 

 sometimes called, the " Sca'ad man's head." Its 

 structure is most wonderful. It is provided 

 with tubercles, one large and three or four 

 small ones. One small tubercle will separate in 

 rows of pairs three pairs in each row. Small 

 ridges and farrows also separate the pairs of 

 rows from each other. From the pores protrude 

 suckers, which are very long. The number of 

 these suckers is very great. In a moderate-sized 

 urchin you may count sixty-two rows of pores 

 in each furrow or avenue. Now, as there are 



