134 INSECTS IN GENERAL. 



LESSON XXVI. 



INSECTS IN GENERAL BREATHING EYES 



FEELERS. 



THE power and wisdom of the Supreme Being 

 are made manifest in a wonderful manner by the 

 insect world. We cannot ramble on a summer 

 evening, but we find the air filled with sportive 

 and happy creatures. Every leaf, every branch, 

 every pool, every bank, abounds with animal life ; 

 and every insect, however minute, is seen pursuing 

 with unerring regularity its settled course for ac- 

 tion, and fulfilling some important purpose for 

 which it has been created. Some are busy sup- 

 plying their wants, others in providing for their 

 offspring, others again, exerting the most singular 

 and wise precautions to screen themselves or their 

 eggs from danger, and others in laying up stores 

 of provisions. Their endless variety of form, their 

 endless number, and the care which has been be- 

 stowed upon them, fill us with astonishment and 

 joy, for all seem happy, and all full of enjoyment. 



