CHAPTER XIV. 
BLOSSOMS OF THE AIR. 
the next resumption of his conversation 
Doctor Dean said : 
“ I have already intimated that the great 
Divine Architect in his world-building and 
adorning does not introduce sudden and broad 
contrasts, but incites us to climb the beautiful 
ladder by making each step a fitting transition 
to the next above. This is especially to be 
noted as we pass from ‘ creeping things ’ to 
those beautiful aerial wonders that ‘ fly above 
the earth in the open firmament of heaven.’ 
“ As we were watching bug and beetle the 
attention was arrested by many curious worm¬ 
like creatures crawling over branch and leaf or 
measuring their way by alternate outstretchings 
and contractions. Judged from their appear¬ 
ance, they seemed to belong to the grovelling 
things that cleave to the dust; but as we watched 
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