100. The Hiftory of Buss. é 
leaft Difficulty feparated the one from the 
other. Tho’ Mr. Rujfden fays it is not an | 
Egg, but Sperm; and hath no Skin to keep 
it in it’s Form, as the Eggs of Silk-Worms.* | 
But how can we imagine this to be any | 
other than an Ege ; no Sperm being enclofed 
in a Shell or Membrane, as this is? Whence | 
it will naturally follow thisisa Female. Mr. 
Bradley fays it is an Egg, formed by a thin, 
white, and fmooth Membrane. + 5] 
From the aforefaid Remarks, I have taen | 
the Liberty to dignify this Infe& above the | 
Reft, and to diftinguith her by the Name of | 
Queen, anf{werable to the Title-page. i] 
Yet after all that hath been offered upon |) 
this Head, it feems to be a moot Point, |} 
that will admit of a further Debate. As || 
I cannot attain to a full Satisfaction herein © 
myfelf, how can I expec the Arguments || 
fhould adminifter the fame to the Reader, ) 
whom I mutft leave to his own Judgment ~ 
and Choice. Nor will I quarrel with any ~ 
Perfon, though he may perhaps apprehend | 
fome Reafons for not embracing my Opi- | 
nion. 
_ Thus are we humbled thro’ our own Ig- | 
horance. Here we fee how our intellectual — 
Powers are confined and limited; not an 
Infect, a Pile of Grafs, a Gngle Hair, oran | 
Atom, but is enough to puzzle the Skill” 
and Wifdom of the greateft Philofopher. | 
And | 
® Rufden, ps 45. + Bradley, ps 233. 3 

