vi INTRODUCTION. 
and Pointer in the Fields, or in my 
Parlour with a Pack of Cards. Thefe 
fafhionable Amufements (efpecially 
the latter) can afford little Entertain- 
ment to a contemplative Mind: But 
the furveying the Works of. Nature, 
particularly the Inftia@ts and Polity of 
many living Creatures, and the won- 
derful Methods they make Ufe of, for 
their Suftenance and Safets y, will give 
a real and high Delight to a rational 
Soul: And as it is next to impoflible, 
to turn our Thoughts to the Obferva- 
tion of thefe Creatures, without lifting 
them up, at the fame Time, in Ado- 
ration of Him who formed them, this 
will, in a manner, fanctify our Plea- 
fures, and turn even our Diverfions, 
into a Sacrifice to our Maker. 
Manifold are the Works of God, and 
in Wifdow has he made them all: But 
if my Partiality for my favourite In- 
fects, does not very much decieve me, 
their 
