The Defcréption, or Anatomy of the Bee. 53 
“upon our want of fight; and that our admiration 
“¢ thereof arifes from our ignorance of what it really is. 
<¢ Thus (as he concludes) fink the works of art, when 
“¢ we are enabled to fee what they really are. On the 
* contrary, the nearer we examine, the plainer we dif- 
“ tinguifh, and the more we can difcover of the works 
“¢ of nature, even in the Jeaft and meaneft of her pro- 
“¢ ductions, the more fenfible we muft be made, of the 
“ wifdom, power and greatnefs of their author. 
ne, Apply the microfcope where we will, nothing is 
“ found but beauty and perfection. View the number- 
“¢ Jefs fpecies of infects around us ; what proportion, ex- 
cc ‘ actnefs, uniformity and fymmetry fhall we perceive in 
« all their organs ! What a profufion of colouring! Azure, 
« green and vermillion ; gold, filver, pearls, rubies and 
“¢ diamonds : fringe and embroidery on their bodies, 
“¢ wings, heads, andevery other part! how rich the glow! 
<* how high the finifhing ! and how inimitable the po- 
<¢ Jifh we every where behold ! 
“It is the fame in larger or lefler animals ; how ama- 
*¢ zingly curious muft the internal ftructure. of thefe 
“creatures be! the heart, ftomach, entrails and brain! 
Show minute and fine the bones, joints, mufcles and 
‘* tendons ! how exquifitely delicate, beyond all concep- 
<< tion, the arteries, veins, and nerves ! what multitudes 
of veflels and circulations muft be contained within the 
« narrow compafs ! and yet all have fufficient room to 
*¢ perform their different offices and operations, without 
a *« impeding or interfering with one another, ih 
_ fs Thus we hehold the moft per! rect works of ore; be- 
D3 “¢ traying 
