i$i Explanation of [Book IX, 



theatre of life, on which ftill more minute animals 

 take their fport and paftime. 



From thefe views fhall we turn to the heavenly bo- 

 dies, and fuppofe that fuch vaft mafles of matter arc 

 deftitute of inhabitants ? The planets as well as the 

 earth receive the rays of the fun, and fome of them 

 which are far removed from his light, are furnimed 

 with moons. Were thefe moons, which are only 

 vifible by the telefcope, defigned for our amufement, 

 or for the ufe of beings placed fufficiently near to 

 profit by their influence ? What fhall we think of thofe 

 ftill larger bodies, the ftars, which multiply upon us 

 without end, in proportion as we are furnifhed with 

 more extenfive means of obferving them. But the 

 Deity has placed no bounds to our admiration ; for 

 he has made fpace appear to the human mind necef- 

 farily infinite, and time, everlailing. 



The figure in the annexed plate (XIV.) reprefents 



the diftribution of the nerves. 



<?, A part of the firft branch of the fifth pair of nerves, 

 called the ophthalmic branch, going out of the 

 orbit, and winding upon the forehead. 



b 9 The orbital branch of the fecond branch of the fifth 

 pair, going out at the foramen below the orbit, 

 and diftributing its branches on the lower part 

 of the face below the eye. 



Cy A part of the maxillary branch of the third branch 

 of the fifth pair of nerves, going out by a canal 

 in the lower jaw-bone by the fide of the chin 

 and lower lip. 



d, The trunk of the eighth pair of nerves, joined with 

 the recurrent nerve. 



t t The trunk of the eighth pair of nerves cut off. 



A The 



