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CHAP. XXII. 
An InfeCf with Net-like Arms, 
N jnquifitive Mind will be inexpreili- 
bly delighted with conlidering the 
different Forms of living Creatures : the 
Changes they undergo ; their feveral Parts, 
Members and Organs; the Manner of their 
Production; their various Motions, Difpofiti- 
ens and Ways of Life; the different Kinds of 
Food they eat; their Sagacity, Cunning and 
Dexterity in procuring it, and the Inftru- 
ments they are furnifhed with for that and 
every other needful Purpofe. Thefe are Sub¬ 
jects that open the Underftanding, and unite 
every Facul ty of a well difpofed Mind to adore 
the Almighty Author of fuch amazing Con¬ 
trivance, Order and Beauty. Every thing 
that lives can furnifh out an Entertainment 
of this Sort: but the larger Animals with 
which we are daily converfant and familiar, 
though of a more noble Nature, and imme¬ 
diately neceffary to Man : thefe, I fay, as 
to the Particulars abovementioned, have not 
the fame Charms of Novelty to gratify Cu- 
riofity and recommend them to a fbriCt Exa¬ 
mination, as thofe very minute and alnsoft 
imperceptible Creatures, difcoverable by 
Glades only : with any whereof we are hi¬ 
therto but flenderly acquainted, and of which 
there, 
