Mifcetlaneous 'JDifcov cries 
die Grain, and was ready to climb up again* 
The fame Misfortune befel her three 
Times ^ but fhe never let go her Hold, nor 
was difcouraged ; till at lall, her Strength 
failing, fhe was forced to flop, and another 
Ant aflifhed her to carry home her Load £o 
the public Stock, 
' Ho w wonderful is the Sagacity of thefe 
Infefts! How commendable their Care, Di¬ 
ligence, and Labour 1 How generous their 
Atliftance of one another for the Service of 
the Community! How noble their public 
Virtue, which is never negle&ed for the Sake 
of private Mtereft! In all thefe Things they 
deferve our Notice and Imitation.—A con¬ 
templative Mind will naturally turn its 
Thoughts from the Condition and Govern¬ 
ment of Ant-hills to that of Nations ; and 
refiedh, that fuperior Beings may poffibly 
coufider Human Kind, and all their Solici¬ 
tudes and Toils, Pride, Vanity, and Ambi¬ 
tion, with no more Regard than we do the 
Concerns of thefe little Creatures. 
8. Among Pinks, Rofes, and Sun-flowers, 
there is to be found, aimed: conftantly, a lit- 
iky long , nimble TnfeB % fmaller than a Loufe, 
ip-metimes creeping, and fometimes leaping 6 
It appears in the Microfcope bodied like a 
Wafp, with fix or feven annular Divifions : 
it has two fair long black and yellow Wings 5 
two Horns, each riling from a knobbed 
Root j 
