ON THE 



STUBY OF NATUmE. 



Once upon a time the Seven Wise men o£ 

 Greece were met together at Atliens, and it was pro- 

 posed that each of them should mention what he 

 thought the greatest wonder in the Creation. One 

 of them, of higher attainments than the rest^ ex- 

 plained the opinions of some of the astronomers re- 

 specting the fixed stars, that they were so many suns, 

 each having their planets rolling round them, which, 

 were stocked with plants and animals like this earth. 

 Fired with the idea, they agreed to supplicate Jupi- 

 ter that he would at least permit them to take a jour- 

 ney to the Moon, and remain there three days, in 

 order to see the wonders of that place, and give an 

 account of them to the world at their return. — Ju- 

 piter consented, and ordered them to assemble on a 

 high mountain, where a cloud should be in readiness 

 to convey them thither. They chose some men of 

 talenls as their companions, to assist them in describ- 

 ing and painting the objects they should meet with. 



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