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Among the Clafs of Infefts, many 

 Animals are found, which, by their pau- 

 city of organs, and fimplicity of ftruc-* 

 ture, approach fo nearly to Vegetables, 

 that it is difficult to determine where 

 the Animal ends or Vegetable begins : 

 And this imperceptible gradation is ob- 

 ferved through all the Productions of 

 Nature, from reafoning Man, to the 

 fcarce animal Polypus ; and from the 

 Senfible Plant to the fcarce vegetable 

 Mofs, all are exquifitely adapted to ef- 

 fect the divine Purpofe which influenced 

 their creation. 



As the mechanifm of Infeds is lefs 

 complex, fo their actions are ^thought 

 lefs fagacious than thofe of Quadru- 

 pedes; yet even this inferior Clafs of 

 Beings affords examples of fagacity wor- 

 thy of human imitation. The Hoftile 

 Artifice of the Spider, the Provident 

 Induftry of the Ant, and the Order and 



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