472 A DESCRIPTION OF 
ral system, it is still formed to answer the design of its ex- 
istence. Thus, this insect having such long legs, could 
never have sustained itself in the air, had not Providence 
bestowed on the legs themselves a species of wings to 
balance their weight. These are instances with which 
Nature teems; and which would make the atheist tremble, 
would he but contemplate the admirable design and sys- 
tem with which they are characterised as 
Parts of one stupendous whole ; 
Whose body Nature is, and God the soul. 
These insects are partly of a pale yellowish green, and 
partly brown; so that they look like dead leaves, and 
hence their English name. They are found in the East 
Indies and China. 
THE GRASSHOPPER (Gryllus viridissima,) 
Is of a bright green, the head somewhat resembling that 
of a horse ; the corslet is armed with a strong buckler. 
Of its six legs the hinder two are much longer than the 
others, to assist the insect in leaping. The males make a 
chirping noise, which is caused by the thighs being rubbed 
alternately against the tip of the wing-cases : if handled 
roughly, the Grasshopper bites very sharply. 
Toward the end of autumn the female deposits her eggs 
in a hole, which she makes in the earth for this purpose, 
