82 Vanden Hettvel oil the Honey Bees of Guimia, ^c. 



11. Paterera, 



12. Kuriwiri, 



13. Kana, 



14. Haw, 



15. Hituri, 



16. Kuritvaka, 



17. Saramma, 



18. Warurauri, 



19. Parieddi, 



20. Lendi Gubi, 



21. Baraddi, 



22. Waraddi, 



23. Kuribiru, 



24. Warakabba, 



25. Yawahu, 



26. Siberii, 



27. Suli-Sali, 



28. Alaso, 



29. Hyao, 



Very painful. 



Blood-letting. 



Wild Cow. 



The Sloth. 



Black Ape. 



A species of Parrot. 



Largest sort of Parrot. 



Long black Ant. 



Large White. 



Calabash. 



Bill Bird. 



Very rare. 



Snake Fish. 



W^hite back. 



Devil. 



Frog. 



Small black Parrot. 



Small land Turtle. 



A Tree that exudes a milky 

 juice. 



In presenting this collection to the Lyceum, I have, Sir^ 

 another pleasure, independent of that of enlarging its cabi- 

 net. It is derived from the opportunity I have of affording 

 by ocular evidence, incontestable refutation of a theory 

 which has been maintained by European writers, of the ori- 

 gin of the Bees of the western hemisphere. In consequence 

 of their supposed fev/ness in North-America, an opinion 

 was advanced by the Abbe Raynal that they were brought 

 there by the first settlers, and is recently put forth in a work 

 of credit and general reference, (Rees' Cyclopoedia : Art. 

 Bees,) in these words : " The Apis-mellifica, or common 

 honey Bee, is an European insect. It is supposed by Mr. 

 Hunter to be an inhabitant of Asia and Africa; its appear- 

 ance in America may be accounted for in the presumption 

 that it was originally introduced there from Europe, and in 

 the course of time has been completely habituated to the 

 climate." Thus, by an inversion of the rules of just rea- 

 soning, an hypothesis is formed before acquiring a know- 

 ledge of facts, and these, when disclosed, though entirely at 

 variance with it, must, to support it, be explained away by 

 arbitrary assumptions. Of the native origin of the Bee of 

 North-America, no doubt can be entertained by any one, 



