KATURAL HISTORY. I75; 
poflible, infefts are provided with wings, 
formed of the lighteit membranes, and the 
fineft articulations. To poife the body, 
fome have four wings ; while fuch as have 
only two, have pointels, or poifes, under 
each wing. 
Parts . — Infedts are compofed of joints^ 
mtifcles, tendons, arul nerves, ; with eyes,, 
brain, ftomach, entrails ; and with every 
other part of an animal body.. How is the 
mind abforbed in wonder, when it confiders. 
that t!»e fmalleft animalcula, which the mi- 
crofeope can only render vifible, is polTefled 
of all the above related parts ! May we not, 
therefore, fay with Galen, when fuch exqui- 
fite workmanfliip appears in the minuteft in- 
feft, what mull be the wilclom employed by 
the Almighty in forming the more noble parts 
of the creation ? 
Sagacity . — Whether by inllindl, or adlu- 
al lagacity, infedls are fccured'againll winter, 
our admiration is equally raifecL When 
cold and wet oblige them to retii-e, fome en- 
tomb themlelves, as in their Aureila, or 
chryfall’s date; others provide themfelves. 
in fummer with fuflicient pro.vi{ions for their 
winter ful>rillence ; and fome of the infedl 
tribe exifl in a llei;ping Hate, without chang- 
ing their nature, or being under the aecelii- 
ty of requiring that food which is denied 
them by the chan^je of feafon. This caufed 
Solomon inod wifely to fay, Go to the- 
ant^ thou fluggan^l, coulkler her ways and 
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