xxii The INTR 0 D UC TIO N. 
that of an 'Elephant , I believe we fliall con¬ 
cur in the fame Opinion. The Largenefs 
and Strength of the one may ftrike us with 
Wonder and Terror, but we fliall find our- 
felves quite loft in Amazement, if we atten¬ 
tively examine the feveral minute Parts of 
the other. For the Mite has more Limbs 
than the Elephant, each of which is furnifh- 
ed with Veins and Arteries, Nerves, Mufcles, 
Tendons, and Bones : it has Eyes, a Mouth, 
and a Probofcis too (as well as the Elephant) 
to take in its Food; it has a Stomach to 
digefl it, and Inteftines to carry off what is 
not retained for Nourlfhment : it has an 
Heart to propel the Circulation of its Blood, 
a Brain to fupply Nerves every where, and 
Parts of Generation as perfect as the larged: 
Animal. Let us now flop, look back, and 
confider, as far as our Abilities can reach, 
the excefiive Minutenefs of all thefe Parts; 
and if we find them fo furprizing .and be¬ 
yond our Ideas, what fliall we fay of thole 
many Species of Animalcules , to whom a 
Mite itfelf, in Size, is as it were an Ele¬ 
phant ? 
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