MICROSCOPES. 263 



. A List of the Principal Objects which afford the highest en- 

 tertainment and instruction by tlie Microscope. 



Animalculse oj" all kinds, particularly interesting. 

 Ants' heads, legs, wings, and eggs, proper subjects. 

 Anise-seeds, curious, when seen through a microscope. 

 Ash -branches, cut transversely. 

 Apricot-skin, cut very thin, downy side upwards. 



Bees, sting of, a pretty object when magnified. 



Birds' small feathers, down, vermin, seed, &c. 



Blessed thistle seeds, an interesting object. 



Bread, when mouldy, appears like a forest. 



Blood, human, and of animals, full of transparent globules. 



Bones, burnt, or shaved off nicely, very curious. 



Briar leaves, a particularly interesting object. 



Bugs, the coat, head, &c., of very small ones. 



Bloom on plums and grapes, nothing but animalculae. 



Beans cut in thin slices transversely. 



Butterflies, every part wonderful and delightful. 



Beetles of every description, their wings, legs, &c. 



Beard of wheat, rye, barley, &c. 



Cod-fish, milt of Claws of insects. 



Crystals of salt Corals, small pieces of. 



Cork, small shavings of, numberless cells therein. 



Circulation of the blood to be seen in the limbs of small 



crabs. 

 Circulation of the blood in the tails of shrimps and iegs 



of small spiders. 



Circulation of the blood in the wings of grasshoppers. 

 Crickets' legs, feelers, skin, &c. Centipedes' legs. 

 Cherries, skin of the fruit Currants, skin of. 

 Cotton, small pieces of. 



Chemical preparations, colored fluids, very interesting. 

 Crystallized cinnabar. 

 Copper ore. 



Dandelion, seeds and down of, exquisite. 

 Decayed fruits, very interesting subjects. 

 Damp mouldy leather, resembles a thicket of trees. 

 Down of feathers, and skin, very beautiful. 



