270 INSECTS. 



Happy he 



"Whom what he views of beautiful or grand 

 In nature, from the broad, majestic oak 

 To the green blade that twinkles in the sun, 

 Prompts with remembrance of a present God. 



COWPER. 



THERE are, perhaps, few things more delightful 

 to a well regulated mind, than the endeavour to 

 discover what is good, wise, and beautiful in the 

 natural objects with which we are everywhere sur- 

 rounded. If our imagination would allow of our 

 bringing in review before us the stupendous moun- 

 tains and hills scattered over the face of the earth 

 the vast ocean, having probably as many moun- 

 tains and hills concealed beneath its waves and 

 then let the mind rest on the rich and variegated 

 verdure and beauty of the plains and vallies, we 

 should find them all teeming with life, and all of 

 them affording objects worthy of our contempla- 

 tion. 



It is indeed almost impossible to conceive the 

 multiplicity of created objects, which people the 

 earth, or the enormous number of peculiar species. 

 For instance, in the tropical forests beetles, ants, 

 and many other insects are found, especially at 



