ADVERTISEMENT. 



It is apparent that considerable difficulty must 

 attend the task of illustrating the justly cele- 

 brated work of Dr. Paley. According to his 

 design, no one subject could be fully and finally 

 treated : the eye, the ear, the teeth, and many 

 other organs, are of necessity touched upon oc- 

 casionally and repeatedly in different chapters, 

 at one time to prove prospective contrivances, 

 at another to show compensation, or relation. 

 This is undoubtedly a plan suited to the object 

 of the author ; and time and the opinion of the 

 public pronounced on the work have amply con- 

 firmed his judgement in adopting it. Fearful of 

 introducing too many additional subjects in the 

 notes to the text, and thus overloading the ar- 

 gument, we have thrown the Dissertations, in 

 illustration of the various matters, into an Ap- 

 pendix : thus leaving the reader more at liberty 

 to select the subjects on which he desires further 

 information. 



