justly be denominated, of natural history in England, and 

 whose systematical spirit threw a light on every thing he 

 undertook, " why were insects made attractive, if not that 

 they might ornament the universe, and be delightful 

 objects of contemplation to man ?— Wliy were they arrayed 

 in beauty, and surrounded with wonders, but that we 

 might be led to glorify the hand that made them ?" 



" Each crawling insect holds a rank 



Important in the scale of Him, who form'd 

 This class of beings. " 



" If," says Gedner, " we do not think it worth our wliile 

 for any other reason to turn our attention to the works of 

 nature, yet surely for the glory of the great Creator we 

 ought to do it ; since in every insect we may observe some 

 singular artifice, which is not to be found in any other 

 bodies, and which fully demonstrates the omniscience of the 

 Supreme Being, who has created nothing but for a certain 

 end, and for some valuable purpose "• 



But however the hunters of Butterflies may be laughed 

 at by the vulgar, and whatever ridicule may be thrown 

 upon this their favourite pursuit, still the great number 

 and variety of these insects, as well as the extreme beauty 

 of some of them, cannot fail of attracting the notice and 



• Geduefs Orat. oi. the mc of Curiusity. Am. Amd. vol. 3. 



