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NATURAL HISTORY 
Ifland of BARBADOS 
BOOK it | 
Of Lanp ANIMALs. 
oN NIMALS are fenfitive organic Bodies, endued with 
R {pontaneous Motion. ; 
By Animals, in the following Book, I would’ be 
V2 underftood to mean, without defcending to minuter 
Wa unneceffary Divifions, fuch only as are generally 
termed Quadrupeds, Volatiles, and Infeés. 
Tn each of thefe may be traced the Workmanthip 
@ of a Divine Archite@ture, each formed in Number, 
Weight, and Meafure ; without Defeé, without 
Superfluity, exaétly fitted and enabled to anfwer the various Purpofes of 
their Creation, to exécute the Will of their Creator, to minifter to the’ 
Delight and Service of Man, and to contribute to the Beauty and Har- 
mony of the uniyerfal Syftem, ; 
How furprifing an Inftance of Almighty Power, and how wonderful 
a Piece of Mechanifm, is to be feen in fome of the minuteft Animals? 
For Inftance, the Potato-Loufe, an Infed& bred upon Vegetables in this 
Ifland, which is fo fmall, that it is {carce difcernible by the naked Eye ! 
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