LESSON XXXVII. 



ON THE EYE. 



In the materials of the human frame, 



What num'rous wonders might we quickly name : 



Let it suffice that I describe a few, 



And treat my readers with a short review. 



VvE will now direct our contemplations to the 

 human jabric : and here the science of Anatomy 

 discovers to us ten thousand beauties which the 

 narrow limits I have prescribed mystlf preclude 

 my mentioning : indeed it would not be possible, 

 in a performance of this kind, to explain adequate- 

 ly the geometrical and mechanical accuracy with 

 which the AUTHOR OF NATURK has constructed 

 every part of the body, to carry on the animal 

 economy, and answer the various purposes of life. 

 All I propose to perform in this and the two fol- 

 lowing Lessons is, by touching upon the nature 

 and wonders of the Eye, of Concoction, and of 

 the Circulation of the Blood, to give my young 

 readers some little insight into these matters, as an, 

 inducement for them to set apart a portion of their 

 leisure time for the purpose of acquiring a farther 

 acquaintance with Anatomy. 



And 



