. An enquiry into the nature, order, and government of bees ... Bees. ( 4i ) - CHAP. III. the Defcription, or Anatomy of the Bee. AM now entring upon a fervice, to which I am unequal, and much unqualified for. So many and fo great are the difficulties that attend enquiries of this kind, that a much abler hand, and more ingenious mind, is necefTary to remove them, and place what comes here under confU deration in a clearer and fuller view. After all our late improvements in natural philofophy, there yet remains thofe fecrets in nature, that the mod diligent, accurate fearch, and painful difquif
. An enquiry into the nature, order, and government of bees ... Bees. ( 4i ) - CHAP. III. the Defcription, or Anatomy of the Bee. AM now entring upon a fervice, to which I am unequal, and much unqualified for. So many and fo great are the difficulties that attend enquiries of this kind, that a much abler hand, and more ingenious mind, is necefTary to remove them, and place what comes here under confU deration in a clearer and fuller view. After all our late improvements in natural philofophy, there yet remains thofe fecrets in nature, that the mod diligent, accurate fearch, and painful difquifition, will not be fufficient fully to difcover. In naturals, as well as fpirituals, we fhall know only jn part. And after we have gone the utmoft lengths pofiible, in fuch enquiries, there will be fame imperfec- tion in our knowledge, during the prefent depreflion of our nature. Many ufeful obfervations have been made in thefe lat- ter times, by the improvement of the microicope; whereby a very great difference between things natural and artificial hath been made manifeft. There are fuch and fo great embellifhmentsand curi- ous inimitable embroideries in the fmalleft feeds of plants and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Thorley, John, 1671-1759. London, J. Waugh, printer
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