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MEMOIR OF HOBER. 
together, who have turned their attention to the same 
pursuits ; and that therefore nothing short of the 
direct evidence of our senses, the most rigid scrutiny, 
and the most minute correctness of detail in experi- 
ment, can justify our denouncing his accuracy, or 
drawing different conclusions. His experiments were 
admirably fitted to elicit the truth, and his inferences 
so strictly logical, as to afford all reasonable security 
against any very important error. 
Huber’s “Nonvelles observations sur lcs Abeilles”, 
addressed in the form of letters to his friend Bonnet, 
appeared in 1792 in one volume. In 1814, asecond 
edition was published at Paris in two volumes, com- 
prehending the result of additional researches on the 
same subject, edited in part by his son. An English 
version appeared in 1806, and was very favourably 
noticed by the Edinburgh Review. A third edition 
of this translation was published in Edinburgh in 
1821, embracing not only the original work of 1 792, 
but also the several additions contained in thatof 1814, 
and which had originally made their appearance in 
the Bibliotheque Britannique. These additional ob- 
servations were. On the Origin of Wax, On the use of 
Farina or Pollen, On the Architecture of Bees, and 
On the precautions adopted by these insects against 
the ravages of the Sphinx Atropos. 
To enlarge on the personal character and domestic 
circumstances of Huber, falls not strictly within our 
province, which embraces only, or chiefly, his cha- 
racter and writings as a naturalist. There are how- 
ever some features in his disposition, and some cir- 
