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great body, nothing remains but the framework or 

 bones, perhaps a little hair or some wool, and all 

 the rest is departed we know not whither ! Worms 

 and insects have done their parts ; the earth has 

 received a portion, and the rest, converted into 

 gases, and exhalable matters, has dispersed all over 

 the region, which, received into vegetable circula- 

 tion, is again separated and changed, becomes 

 modified anew, and nourishes that which is to 

 continue the future generations of life. The petal 

 of the rose ; the pulp of the peach ; the azure and 

 the gold on the wing of the insect ; all the various 

 productions of the animal and vegetable world ; 

 the very salts and compounds of the soil, are but 

 the changes some other matters have undergone, 

 which have circulated through innumerable chan- 

 nels since the first production of all things, and no 

 particle been lost ; bearing in mind this assured 

 truth, that all these combinations have not been 

 effected by chance or peculiarity of circumstances, 

 but by the predetermination of an Almighty Intel- 

 ligence, who sees the station, progress, and final 

 destination of an atom, what an infinity of power 

 and intellective spirit does this point out ! an omni- 

 potence, which the bodied minds of us poor creatures 

 cannot conceive. Truly may we say, Cl who can 

 find out the Almighty to perfection ?" 



Our extensive cultivation of the potato furnishes 

 us annually with several specimens of that fine 



