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tales that you have read, or heard popularly related, 

 in connexion with its habits and life-history. To 

 these, then, we shall next direct your attention, and 

 the consideration of this portion of the subject will 

 serve to show that all the members and organs 

 hitherto described are perfectly adapted to the per- 

 formance of the functions assigned to them. Then 

 indeed, when we come to consider the varied im- 

 pulses and instiacts which are the hidden springs 

 that set in motion the visible external organs, sub- 

 jects of new and surpassing interest will present 

 themselves, and it will be a matter of wonder and 

 astonishment how such a variety of actions and mo- 

 tions can be concentrated in the insignificant little 

 Bee. Then will the contemplation of that unity 

 which characterizes the whole insect mechanism, vrith 

 its secret springs and impulses, call forth our warmest 

 admiration, and cause us to feel 



" How most exact is Nature's frame ! 

 How wise the Eternal mind ! 

 His counsels never change the scheme 

 Which His first thoughts design'd." 



