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intelligent Reader a perfect Idea of the Author’s 
Meariing. The Study of Natural Hiftory muft al¬ 
ways greatly conduce to the Honour of God-, it 
Ought, therefore; on all hands to be properly en¬ 
couraged. 
There are a great Variety of Specimens preferved 
of the Neffs of different Infedts, too many to take 
particular Notice of here ; it will be fufficient, 
therefore, to mention a few only to the Reader. 
Belides the Wafps Nefts, there is a large Hornet’s 
Neff, many Nefts of Spiders, forhe Humble Bees 
Cells, Ants Nefts of various Kinds and from diffe¬ 
rent Parts of the World. But what is moft worthy 
of Remark under this Head, is a very curious Spi¬ 
der’s Neft brought from the Weft Indies, to which 
the Infedt has with great natural Skill and Ingenuity 
contrived a Valve or Trap-door to fecure the En¬ 
trance, thereby defending its Progeny from the At¬ 
tack of fome Enemy of the Species. 
Nidi Avium, Nefts of Birds. This Title affords 
as great a Variety as the laft, and for the fame 
Reafons. It is impofiible to attempt noticing all 
the Nefts that are here preferved as Specimens; 
they are both numerous and curious-, it will be 
fufficient to point out to the Reader a few moft de- 
ferving Attention, and even of thofe little muft be 
faid. The hanging Nefts claim our fifft Regard j 
which are made by Birds, Inhabitants of both the 
Indies ; they hang by a (lender Filament to a (mall 
Twig of a Tree, and are by that Means put out 
of the Reach of any Enemy of the quadruped or 
reptile Kind. Thefe Nefts are chiefly made of a 
fort of Grafs without, difpofed in the Form of a 
Net, and lined with different Kinds of foft Suh- 
ftances within; but there are Birds in Siberia that 
make hanging Nefts of a very curious Structure of 
F Spiders 
