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. Their {melling is excellent; and byt this fenfe they 
prefently, 1 in the Tie hive, find out ftrangers and rob- 
bers, as well as drones. 
Their hearing and feeling are the fame. The lighteft 
touch of the hive, Ses they prefently perceive, witnefs 
the noife within, and their apearance at the door. 
| They : as quickly diftinguifh taftes, wherein they are . 
exceeding curious, And their internal fenfes, or quali- 
ties, are far more excellent, as obferved before, | ! 
4h What creatures do we find more full of wonders, or” 
expreffing greater ‘excellencies? not to be met with in 
beings of much larger bulk. / 
How curious their form and compofition? fuch a va- 
ieey of parts, number of joints, and their connections, 
fo regularly and molt admirably difpofed, in fo fmall a 
fabrick ? ** All which, befides what lyes out of fight, do 
“ abundantly demonttrate, and evidently prove the infi- 
“« nite wildom and power of the great Creator; which 
<< we ought to acknowledge and admire inthe meaneft 
“ infe&t, and moft contemptible animal ;" in an ant, as 
¢* much as in an elephant. 
“& Thefe. jnfets may juftly plead -equality ies che 
66 greateft beings upon earth, and boaft with. the _beft 
" «¢ among them, the proudeft monarch and .moft glorious 
-«& below, faying, (EZ Deus in nobis) here behold the pow- 
“© er of God, the prefence of Deity ! 
_ And it may be queried whether the Divine Piast 
“< dence, in its moft fublime and myfterious operations, 
calls more for our wonders, than in the contrivance, 
* policy, fc, imparted to thefe little creatures, orlittle 
“W focigties of Bees, toed CHAP. 
