42 HUMBLE CEEATURES. 



the Creator to construct for the Bee or the Fly 

 10,000 eyes, in order the more effectually to meet the 

 creature's wants, it is as easy for Him. to do so as to 

 construct a single lens* 



* The Fly is furnished with . . . 4,000 facets. 

 The MordeUa (a kind of beetle) . 25,000 facets. 



The Dragon-fly 12,544 facets. 



The Butterfly 17,355 facets. 



The Sphinx Moth 1,300 facets. 



The Ant 50 facets. 



(Burmeistei:') 



