$2 THE HISTORY. OF BEES. 
“© with-four wheels, and_all the/proper Apparatus belong» | 
“© ing te them, turning eafilyoon their axles; together 
«¢ with a man fitting in the chaife ; all formed of ivory, 
“<©and drawn along by a flea, without any feeming diffi- 
6¢ culty: And weighing it with the greateft care, foundthe” ~ 
<¢ chaife, man and flea, were barely equal! to afingle grain. 
s¢ At the fame time and place, he alfo weighed a 
<¢ chain of brafs made by the fame hand, about two’ in- 
“* ches long, containing 200 links, with an hook at one 
“¢ end, and a padiock and key at the other, and found it 
 lefs than the third part of a grain. « 
¢¢ And fince that, (made by the fame Artift) he faw a” 
< quadrille-table, with a drawer in it, an eating-table, 
“‘ fide-board-table, a looking-glafs, twelve chairs, with 
«s fkeleton backs, two dozen of plates, fix difhes, a dozen 
‘of knives, and as many forks, twelve fpoons,; two 
“< falts,-a frame and caftors, together with a gentleman, 
< lady, and footman, al! contained in a cherry-ftone 3 
s¢ and not filling much more than half of it. > ; 
“¢ He likewife mentions one: Ofwald Nerlinger, wha 
¢¢ made a cup of a pepper-corn, which held twelve hun- 
«¢ dred other little cups, all turned in ivory, each of them 
“¢ being gilt on the edges, and ftanding upon a foot, and 
<¢ that fo far from being crouded, or wanting room, the 
<* pepper-corni could have held four hundred more. 
_* And then adds, thefe are fome of the niceft, moft 
** curious and furprizing works of art, but let us examine: 
«¢ any. of them with a good microfcope, and we fhall be 
s¢ immediately convinced, that the utmoft ‘power’ of ‘art 
« is only a concealment of deformity, and impofition 
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