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I am now come to the confederation 

 ©f Insects, the lowed, leaft orga- 

 nized, but mod numerous Clafs of A- 

 nimals ; different in appearance, and 

 many of therri varying the mode of their 

 tranfitory exiftence, either creeping or 

 walking on earth, fwimming in the 

 watery element, or flying in the liquid 

 regions of air, and occupying every 

 chafm in the Scale of Beings. Many of 

 them, by their minutenefs, are imper- 

 ceptible to our organs of virion ; but 

 more of them ufelefs to the purpofes of 

 humanity ; whilft the greater number 

 are noxious to man, and confequently 

 not created for his ufe. 



Whoever will impartially furvey the 

 various Orders of created Beings, and, 

 uninfluenced by the Precepts of Edu- 

 cation, or the Arrogance of Humanity, 

 will confider the priaciples by which 



they 



