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heard : it afterwards gets more strength, and grows 

 continually, till at last it sets itself at liberty, by 

 opening the prison in which it was shut up. Ador- 

 able wisdom of God ! it is by so many diiferent de- 

 grees that these creatures are brought into life. All 

 these progressions are made by rule ; and there is 

 not one of them without sufficient reason. No part 

 of its body could appear sooner or later, without the 

 whole embryo suffering, and each of its limbs ap- 

 pear at the most proper moment. This ordination, 

 so wise, and so invariable in the production of this 

 animal, is manifestly the work of a Supreme Being, r 



JUNE. 



< Now genial suns and gentle breezes reign, 

 And summer's fairest splendours deck the plum ; 

 Exulting Flora views her new-born rose, 

 And all the ground with short-lived beauty glows.'* 



JUNE, in this climate, is what the Grecian poets 

 represented May. It is the most lively month in 

 the year, Summer has commenced, and warm 

 weather is established ; yet the heats rarely rise to 

 excess, or interrupt the enjoyment of those plea- 

 sures which the scenes of Nature at this period af- 

 ford. The trees are in their fullest dress ; and 

 a profusion of flowers is every where scattered 

 around. 



