NATURAL THEOLOGY. 33 



The head of the elephant is remarkable for con- 

 taining uncommonly large vacuities in the frontal 

 bone, which render the enormous mass of the skull 

 much lighter and more easy to be borne in proportion 

 to the bulk than that of many other animals. 



THE SENSES. 



T. Besides the mechanism of the head, what 

 other marks of design are mentioned in this wonder- 

 ful structure ? 



A. That it is the seat of the principal senses, 

 such as sight and hearing. We know not why they 

 should be situated here, or why the eye and the ear 

 are not on some lower part of the body ; except, as 

 having to take notice of distant objects, they require 

 the highest situation they can have, to enable them 

 the better to perform their duty. But this is no rea- 

 son for their having this situation, as we can see, only 

 as we take into view an Architect, who was aware of 

 the advantage. Again, the eye looks forward in the 

 same direction with the motions of the hands and 

 feet ; but for which circumstance, the eye would 

 have been of very little use to us ; and yet there was 

 a whole circle of positions around the head, in which 

 it might have been differently situated. Let a child 

 only reflect upon the inconvenience of having his 

 eyes upon the side of his head, as over his ears, for 



