GF NATURAL »1ST0RY. J59 



'■' Thofe animals are mod perfe6l whafe fphere of knowledge 

 extiends to the greateft nuraber of objeds. When interrupted 

 in their operations, they know how to re fume their labours, 

 and to accomplifh their purpofes by different means. Some 

 animals have no other power but that of com racing or eis- 

 tending their bodies. But the falcon, the "dog, and the fox^ 

 purfiie their prey with intelligence and addrefs. "** ^^^ a^s X^ds 



The oflrich has been accufed of uniiaturalnefs, bccaijfe fiie 

 leaves her eggs to be hatched by the heat of the fun. In Sen^ 

 egal, where the heat is great, flie neglet^a her eggs during the 

 day, but fits upon them in the night. At the Cape of Good 

 Hope, however, where the degree of heat is lefs, the oftrich, 

 like other birds, fits upon her eggs botli day and night. 



Rabbits dig holes in tlie ground for warmth and protediion. 

 But, after continuing long in a domcfiic ftate, that rcfource 

 being unnecefl'ary, they feldom employ this art.* 



Bees, when they have not room enough for their operatione, 

 augment the depth of their honcy-cells.-j- The female bee, 

 when the cells are not fufiiciently numerous to receive her egg?, 

 lays two or three in each cell. But, a few days after, when 

 the cells are increafcd, the working bees remove all the fuper- 

 numerary eggs, and dcpofit them in the new conflruCted cells. |. 



When a wafp, in attempting to tranfport a dead compan- 

 ion from the neft, finds the load too heavy, Le cuts off its head, 

 and carries it out in two portions.!! 



Iii countries infefted with moiikcys, many biidj, wliich in 

 other climates, build in bufiies and the clefts of trees, fufper.d 

 tlielr nefts upon flendcr twigs, and by tuis ingenious device, 

 elude the rapacity of their enemies. 



The nymphs of water-moths, cornmonly called ccd-hatt 



cover themielves, by means of gluten, with pieces of wood, 



* Gazette Liter, tora. 3, pa^^ 228. f Rcauniir, ton:. 10, page 29. 



^ Ibid, page 240 ^ Ibid. torn. II, page 241. 



