DEDICATION. ft 
Nothing therefore is now want¬ 
ing, but a general Inclination to 
employ thefe Inftruments, for a far¬ 
ther fiicovery of the Minute Won¬ 
ders of the Creation 5 which may not, 
perhaps, improve our Knowledge 
lefs than the grander Parts thereof. 
Bears, Tigers, Lions, Crocodiles and 
Whales, Oaks and Cedars, Seas and 
Mountains, Cornets, Stars, Worlds 
and Suns, are the Capitals in 
Nature's mighty Volume, and of 
them, we fhould not he ignorant: 
but whoever would read there with 
TJnderftanding, mu ft make himfelf 
Matter of the little Letters likewife, 
which occur a thoufand Times more 
frequently, and, if he does not know 
them, will flop him ftiort at every 
Syllable. 
The likelieft Method of difcover- 
1 1 ing 
