xx The INTRODUCTION: 
furnifhes a more jail and fublime Idea than 
Mankind had before, of the Grandeur and 
Magnificence of Nature, and the infinite 
Power, Wifdom, and Goodnefs of Nature’s 
Almighty Parent. 
That Man is certainly the happieff, who 
is able to find out the greatefi: Number of 
reafonable and ufeful Amufements, eafily at¬ 
tainable and within his Power: and, if fo, 
he that is delighted with the Works of Na¬ 
ture, and makes them his Study, mufl un¬ 
doubtedly be happy ; fince every Animal, 
Flower, Fruit, or Infedt, nay, almofl: every 
• , f • , , 
Particle of Matter, affords him an Enter- 
tainment. Such a Man never can feel his 
Time hang heavy on his Hands, or be weary 
of himfelf, for want of knowing how to 
employ his Thoughts : each Garden or 
Field is to him a Cabinet of Curiofities, 
every one of which he longs to examine 
fully; and he confiders the whole Univerfe 
as a Magazine of Wonders, which infinite 
Ages are fcarce fufficient to contemplate and 
admire enough. 
The 
