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not so much, perhaps, in regard to their ex- 
istence, as to the locality of the organs. 
Most naturalists admit their possession of 
five senses, analogous to those of man, though 
the celebrated Huber seems to have some 
doubt as to the existence of the faculty of 
hearing in Bees, at least without some im- 
portant modifications. Greater diversity of 
opinion, however, prevails as to the situation 
of those organs by which the impression of 
sight, touch, taste, sound, and smell are pro- 
diced on their sensations, and many curious 
experiments, by different naturalists, have 
been made with a view to ascertain the truth, 
but which have not always led to the same 
results. In researchés so minute, it is, per- 
haps, vain to look for perfect accuracy in our 
conclusions, and we must be satisfied with 
any thing like a reasonable approximation to 
the truth. 
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