382 Vediculus aquaticiis . . 
The Drawings I made myfelf, when the 
Objects were under Examination, with Mr. 
Cuff s Microfcopes, and as exactly as I could 5 
and his Glades are fo excellent, that if there 
fhould be found any Defeats in the Figures* 
they muft be attributed to my Inaccuracy 
and Difufe of Drawing. .However, fuch as 
they are, they are at your Service. 
If thefe Things fhall appear inlignificant, 
yet as in complying with your Delire to have 
them, they afford me an Opportunity of 
fhewing my Regard and Friendfhip for you, 
they are grateful and valuable to me. 
I fhall firft give you an Account of what 
I have met with in refpedt to Water-In- 
fedts, which have, formerly, in many Inftan- 
ces, been thought imperfedl in their Pro¬ 
duction, from the Imbecility of the Element 
to which their Creation was attributed: for 
aquatic Infedts may certainly be compre¬ 
hended under Animalia aquatic a, which Se¬ 
neca calls, tarda et infer mia, ut in aere caeca 
pinguique concepto . But Attention to the 
Works of God makes manifeft, that the 
Heavens do not only declare his Glory j— 
Jupiter eft quodcunque vides . And indeed 
whoever fearches the Waters will not find 
his Curiolity difappointed ; there he will fee 
the Works of God difplayed to thofe who 
delight in them ; and perhaps with greater 
Variety and more Profufion than any other 
Element. 
