The Defeription, or Anatomy of the Bee. ik 
petially: ‘the breaft, and far excels what the. sxeaiclh 
matter in that art can pretend to. gd § 3c 
‘How ‘infinitely then do ‘the fecret beauties of nature 
tranfcend and furpafs thofe of art; which‘curioufly ex- 
amined, charm every ingenious mind, ee atwith an 
inexpreffible delight and pleafure ! ric 
What is all the pageantry, {plendour and hace of an 
esis court, to nature’s fimple drefs and lecret beantiess 
far more moving,and entertaining ! 
If King Solomon in all his glory was not ere like 
a fingle blade of grafs, or a flower ; how much lefs like 
one of thefe curious infects ! 1 2d 
Examine the fineft and raat exquifite , seigasinaaiet 
of human art, and compare them with the productions 
of nature, ard how exceeding great will the difference 
appear | !-and by how many degrees hath nature the pre- 
heminence ! ff 
<¢ Phe fling of a Bee, viewed thro’ a microfcope, 
<¢ fhows every where a polifh moft amazingly beautiful, 
‘© without the leaft flaw, blemifh, or inequality, ending 
“ina point too fine to be difcerried ; yet this is only the 
‘ cafe, or fheath, of two other inftruments much more 
“¢ exquifite, contained therein. 
“Dr. Power tells us, he faw a ealden Ait at Tree 
“ defcant’s, of 300 links, not more than an inch in 
af length, faftened to and pulled away by a flea, 
“ And Mr. Baker fays,* he faw near Durham-yard 
~ in the Strand, (which he examined with his microf- 
- cope) achaife, made by Mr. Baverick a.Watch-maker, 
yy D2 “6 with 
@ Baker's Mitrof. pag. 295+ 
