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to the convenience of the poorest peasant : all so per- 

 fectly neat, as to give no disgust even to the nicest 

 palate. 



" A multiplicity of other valuable stores is locked up 

 in these ample vaults. But the key of all is given to 

 industry, in order to produce eacji as necessity demands. 



" Which shall we most admire, the bounty or wisdom 

 of our great Creator ? How admirable is I is precaution 

 in removing these cumbrous ware* from the surface, ant! 

 bestowing them under the ground in proper repositories I 

 Were they scattered over the surface of the soil, it would 

 xbe embarrassed with the enormous load. Our roads 

 would be blocked up, and scarce any room- left for the 

 operations of husbandry. Were they, on the other hand, 

 buried at a great depth, it would cost us immense pains 

 to procure them. Were they uniformly spread into a 

 pavement for nature, universal barrenness must ensue ; 

 whereas at present we have a magazine of metallic, with- 

 out lessening our vegetable treasures. Fossils of every 

 kind enrich the bowels, verdure adorns the face of the 

 earth. 



," Well then may even the inhabitants of heaven lift up 

 their voice and sing, Great and marvellous are thy works, 

 O Lord God Almighty ! And is there not infinite reason 

 for us *o join this triumphant choir? Since all these 

 things are to us, not only a noble spectacle, bright with 

 the display of ur Creator's wisdom, but likewise an in- 

 estimable gift, rich with the emanations of his goodness 1 

 The earth hath he set before the inhabitants of his glory : 

 but he hath given it to the children of men. Has he not 

 then an undoubted right to make that tender demand* 

 s My son give me thine heart /' 



"The rocks which bound the sea, are here prodigiously 

 high and strong, an everlasting barrier against both winds 

 and waves. Not that the Omnipotent engineer has any 

 need o/ these here, It is true, they intervene, and not 



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