The natural history of Barbados : in ten books . f, and furvey the immenfe Extentof Nature, the Variety of its Works, the Regularity of its Motions, andthe Harmony of Providence ; and let him ferioufly pronounce, how littleis his real Knowlege, how great his Ignorance ! Let him take a Profpedl of the vaft Dimenfions of thofe aftonifhingHeaps of Matter, that lie within the Reach of his Scnfes: Let him con-fider the ftupendous Motion that agitates the vaft Mafs of Matter, andwhirls about the numberlefs Bodies, that take their Courfes thro the un-meafurable Space ; and carry his Thoughts into tha
The natural history of Barbados : in ten books . f, and furvey the immenfe Extentof Nature, the Variety of its Works, the Regularity of its Motions, andthe Harmony of Providence ; and let him ferioufly pronounce, how littleis his real Knowlege, how great his Ignorance ! Let him take a Profpedl of the vaft Dimenfions of thofe aftonifhingHeaps of Matter, that lie within the Reach of his Scnfes: Let him con-fider the ftupendous Motion that agitates the vaft Mafs of Matter, andwhirls about the numberlefs Bodies, that take their Courfes thro the un-meafurable Space ; and carry his Thoughts into that Immenfity, whereImagination itfelf can find no Limits : Let him confider that infiniteDuration, which is before and after him ; and, finding his own Life in-cluded in it, let him obferve the little Scantling of it, that falls to hisShare. It is juft to acknowlege (what hath been undefignedly omitted), thatIbme of the above Refledlions, as well as Part of thofe in Page 88. areowing to the learned Mr. Hildrop\ Works. l^he End of the Third THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE Ifland of: BARB ABO S. BOOK IV. VE G ETAB LES. N treating of thefe ufeful and beautiful Parts of theCreation, I fliall take particular Notice of fuch asare curious in their Make, or ufeful in their Phyfi-cal, or other remarkable Qualities: And when I amobliged to differ materially, or circumftantially,from other Writers, it is with no other View butthat of difcovering the Truth ; and after the jointlaborious Inquiries of the paft, as well as the pre-fent Age, into fo extenfive a Subjed, we may ftillfay with Seneca^ Multa ve}tie?itis avi popuJus ignota nobis fciet. Multa fe-culis tunc^ cu?n memoria noflri exoleverity refervaiitur \ i. e. Many are thofe Secrets which are hid inObfcurity from the prefent Age, and arereferved to blefs Pofterity with their Difcoveries. In our Inquiries into this Part of the Creation, we fhall be entertainedwith an agreeable Mixture of Knowlegc, Profit, and Plcafure. We fliall C c f
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