‘ The Defeription, or Anatemy of the Bee. 53 . 
€ upon. our want of fights! and that out ‘admiration 
“ thereof arifes from our ignorance of what iit ‘really is. 
-* Thus (as he concludes )fink the works’ of aft, when 
“‘ we are enabled to fee what they really are. On the 
* contrary, the nearer we examine, the plainer we dif- 
S¢ tinguith, and the more we can difcover of the works 
“€ of nature, even in the leaft and meaneft of ‘her pro- 
“ dugtions, the more fenfible we muft be made, of the 
<* wifdom, power and greatnefs of their author. 
_ © Apply the microfcope where we will, nothing is 
“© found but beauty and perfection, View the number- 
“¢ lefs fpecies of infects around us ; what proportion, ex- 
- actnefs, uniformity and fymmetry fhall we perceive in 
¢ all their organs ! What a profufion of colouring! Azure, 
& green and vermillion ; gold, filver, pearls, rubies and 
“< diamonds : fringe and embroidery on their bodies, 
“¢ wings, heads, andevery other part! how rich the glow! 
“< how high the finifhing! and how initisebe the po- 
“ lifh we every where behold ! 
“It is the fame in larger or Jeffer animals ; how ama- 
zinoly curious muft the internal ftruture of thefe 
** creatures be! the heart, ftomach, entrails and brain! 
how minute and fine the bones, joints, mufcles and 
<¢ tendons ! how exquifitely delicate, beyond all concep- 
6 tion, the arteries, veins, and neryes ! what multitudes 
“ of veflels and circulations muft be contained within the 
“¢ narrow compafs ! and yet all have fufficient room to 
.§¢ perform their different offices and operations, without 
_* impeding or interfering with one another, 
_ © Thus we hehold the moft perfect works of art, be» 
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