ZOOLOGY. 



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CLASS V. 

 Insecta. INSECTS, 



■ But chief the forest toughs 



That dance unnumber'd to the playful breeze, 

 The downy orchard, and the melting pulp 

 Of mellow fruit, the nameless nations feed 

 Of evanescent Insects. Where the pool 

 Stands mantled o'er with green, invisible. 

 Amid the floating verdure millions stray. 



TflOMrsON. 



JInSECTS, though Inferior in bulk, far surpass in yariety 

 of forms, beauty of colouring, and singularity of structure, 

 all the larger tribes of Animals ; and to those, who like the 

 pious Boyle, can look with an equal eye of admiration on 

 the Watches^ as on the Clocks of Nature, will ever afford 

 objects of delight, wonder and instruction. From their di- 

 minutive size, and the small share they appear to have, in 

 furnishing any of the requisite comforts, or contributing io 

 the conveniences of Mankind, the knowledge of them has 



