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Oeconomy of a Republic of Bees, have 

 long been objects of admiration : and 

 that principle which regulates the Ac- 

 tions of Brutes, and which is diftin- 

 gu lined by the fcarce intelligible name 

 of Inftindt, is more vigorous, of readier 

 ufe, and lefs fallible, than the boafted 

 Reafon of Man, which often betrays 

 the Human Species to Errors, greater 

 than were ever obferved among the 

 Brute Creation. 



The multitude and variety of Infe&s 

 is incredible in Guiana, where the 

 warmth and humidity of climate facili- 

 tate their production, and where their 

 longevity is unimpaired by winter, or 

 their adivity chilled into a torpid le- 

 thargy for one half of the year. Here 

 a Swammerdam or Reaumur might find 

 ample employment, for an age of indu- 

 ftry, in defcribing the various Species of 

 this Oafs of Animals. For me, I am 



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