54 THE HISTORY OF BEES. 
traying : 4 theannel’, poverty: and impoteney i in the a. 
© vent 5 but thofe of nature ‘plainly. proving. “hae! thé 
¢¢ hand that formed them, was abfolute mafter. ‘of the 
« ‘materials it wrought upon, having tools exadlly fuit> 
ct able ta it’s whole defign. Every hair, feather ¢ or feale, 
< even of the meanett infect, “appears polithed and ‘fe 
§¢ nifhed to the higheft pitch ; and fhews the abundant 
‘¢ riches, munificence, and fkill of it’s maker. iekrigtt 
The. works of nature then as far furpafs the moft : per- 
fect, works of art, as infinite wifdom and power  furpat 
what are merely finite, In all human operations, we 
fee little but inequalities and deformities. The bounds 
of their abilities appearing therein ; every part demon- 
ftrating the Author’s imperfection ; but the works of the 
Creator are every way perfect. 
The performance of the moft perfect artift, fet in 
competition with thofe of the great Architea, are poor, 
mean, inelegant, incompleat, bungling i in every part; 
and in the whole difproportionate, irregular and deform. 
ed. | : 
The foregoing remarks, Ihaye inferted from Mr, Ba- 
ker’s great improvement of the microfcope, in difcover- 
jng the fecret beauties of nature (fo highly acceptable to 
the learned world) chiefly for the fake of thofe readers, 
who may want an opportunity to perufe the original. 
As to the feveral fenfes, Bees on to have them i in 
"very great perfection, = 
~ "They are quick of fight ; tho’ fome apprehend a de- 
fect therein, obferving them coming out of the hive, 
to wipe their eyes with their ile before their flight. 
Their 
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