d N A T U R A L h i s t o r y
have * * « ' * f “ * £ » 1
m g s MHBI F ™=we ! b w l d o not a f e t t t a . t o e were
« J f r d & l a * feltekfe l* e place where- A * ia&& ^ -
Pofiibly this may not be a ' noo-defetipt i I ©siy produce rt as an
inftanee that the decolouring and! t o y of kaye^ ' e ^
is owing fomefefies ■ to nnobferved ' ihM s r Am<*% : th & w ^ r om
tribes 3 mfeas which have employed the attention- of^the etrcmus,
it is wonderful to obferve, that every Jp&m ^ Afferent art (it
I may fa call the impreffcd inftincft) of prociirmg its food,-and preparing
proper receptacles for its different f e t e
pha, L d By: m m *»■ the fpider'cannoebe'feik.en^ admired
for extracting its threads out of i t s b o d y
and makes that thread either its
one poft to another, or By its extended furface fpan& the-thread fo
muchlighter than the air, as to float and bearupitsauthorj'uil fhe
finds a place to fix in proper to hcr defigns f a f otter lames fhe weaves
the fame thread moft artfblly into- nets“ or webs fth- intercepting and
fettering her prey. Still more admirable, as'WtU^s^ufeWS '*s -the
bee- the frugality of fpdoe, f
the conftruction of the cells and combs; -her:=delicacy and choice o f
flowers which yield the beft honey, her laborious collection o f wax,.
the ceconomy, policy, colonies, and the geneiy abhorrence^f lazi-
nefs o f this little infect, are all evidences o f an inftinct, which^d
it may not be called reafon, circumfcribed, and apphcable folely m
the exigencies of one particular fp'edes) is the ftamp, the feal, the
impreffion of reafon from above. By the greateft, ffrongeft, ftatehett
animals of the brute kind, we have nowherearicherrieafure col-
leded than that of the bee, more fkilftilly compofed; a' jrnagaisine more
carefully fecured, and more impartially (Attributed. But To return r
The honey of Cornwall is reckoned good,; and of a high flavouf,
as I have been informed by gentlemen o f - fickly habits, who have
preferred it to moft Englifb honey: this excellency is perhaps more
owing to the multitude of our fliores, where the bees are’ frequently
feen intent upon the fait and brine which the fea throws in upon
the rocks, than to the nature of our heath and other pafture
O f late years the buming-houfes, where the tin is roafted , prove
fatal to bees; thofe that are within reach of the fmoke languid,
and are foon killed, having no liberty to range as the
wind and variety of food determines them, without danger o f
fuffocation.
1 It teems of that kind which Mr. Hill calls
is but half the value of that which is gathered,
Scelaftus. Hite, of Animals, page io.
elfewhere.
* It is obferved in Hamfhire, as I -have been
1 See page *34*
informed, that the honey colle&ed from the heath.
The
o f ,, $.$> r *nt w a l l . Ij*
n ;9^ b lifo nmck g r^ e r tten that, sect a,
'$} jtet^is .n^dÄa^imal' foM^tbe chief endsc-aand waupon
the plants ^ and’ pj;W nourifoments Q jfa S ’fimte nurrw
mals, are .nay ^ ^ w ^ e f t r o ^ j a s ,ui,thg h ite
^ JjE^^jil^tu^ q£thtei; littfe;
'P^mal? is,, beyond, coaceptiq ^ Qf which I fhaj^'prodnrp hut-
ilfottration, ^hi^h i^, tha,t the fhinjbg ^giteted/u^c’e qf
VKa^ty.isj n^o^pmbab^y^wipg t$ a ^ p ^ t i t ;^ ^ te if l animalcule^
a^phajnomeijQ^, ,which^ i^nd^r^.thxg h^ad. ,^v^er-^^qtef( mutt not.
pais vnnotgdj,^ It loqg j(^ferv^(L,, thati “ if-
Be fkfhed with a t^tie^,o^ oqx C^rqw, pgge, in,
t^ .d ^ ^ f t pght, ^ ^ i^ c^ fp r th a bright tte
drops refen?)Ble. fparkie? qfj, ^e^a^if* tte.mypWe ie turned into
flames f ’ thfe fuxpfifmg appearance th<| ,po^i|h fofforS' ^erm.' Bfinfe,
and think, it prefages a; ftorm $ but,it havs no c^me^ioa eit-W with
^ tcmpseft QTjjajCaltn J^kij^dfj?^ tte ufofl ^qcinfo^yenge of agittat-
ing tte:fnrface of l^e fea, though iti different degree^ in diffrrpnt
places, apd different fqaforts of the year"; ip the fommgr aeM
luminous ip fflong gafes of wipd neax t^s Hies kpf,Ca,pe than
paffengers have feen thp yery kqel of tfleii; fliin By H, and
playing underneath
We fliall beft be able to dftcp,yer the caufc qf tn;i^ foRprifttW nfiav.
pptpenp% -by trneipg the feme effect into dlfte^ept, apd
placing tire feveral cfreprnftances, refeting to. ft undht. ope , fot
the faifif, ph»poipgp|pn tea te?R By .the
of lakea and rnorft, pfeceä on the fendi a^ weü M-in ,the o f
the fea. Dr., Plot meptions, this JuteAP^a npp,eata,nce ip,a, mpift
fpupgy earth pn ^, hill,,and in a ditch in Staflordftiite -;where the
water, being d^fturteh flyned ]ike *eipB5rs> ^twl gfflWffd. yfytejRa
they topcted with n faint flange te ? ttet of hurpt hrt e f e , which
continued fhinjng for a quarter qf an hour -f.
Tfr.,-Qjttop, May ?5} tte .following ^ccopptlq^te
Royal Sqpiety of the te e aPP^ar^p,ce ^ fQpsrn'wafl
‘£ Returning from feanceftop with Sir L . Cory ton, Bar9de,!j fo h||
feat Newton, ip, a mifty^ dg^yy, hight, P.ppp
beyond, Caflington ip,; jhe fe?J^fop toad« ip a, n^oorifti place of
fqrpe forty feet in length,. t t e (fpipxefe .qf opr hppfe an^ id|P;
feet upon the ground appeareq^flefXr mPcB PIPf? % rX SW®3
worm?; the grafs we gathered ip th® p l a c e s q t qpr
horfes trod, referved the luftre in our hands, eer .we came to the
water withfo a quarter of a nplg of CalHo^P^^
* ‘fl® cc In the ftimmer m$ftfchs. It is niQft vifible when the win$ i*'fouth-g^|, op
•fouth and eaft,” fays Dr. Plo.t, StafedM^j 'Rage 117. *• Ibidem.^- * :|p|§ &d t^^ge 11,5.- 4
' horfes