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ness. The number of the muscles alone, all de-
scribed and figured, is 4041; that of branchial
nerves and the trachial branches is infinitely
greater. The intestines are also shown with their
minutest details, and all given in engravings so
delicate, so admirably adapted to show the tissue
of the substances they represent, that the eye
seizes the whole with as much facility as though it
beheld the object itself through the medium of the
microscope. This book was pronounced by Bonnet,
a celebrated philosophic naturalist, to be one of
the most admirable demonstrations of the existence
of a First Cause; nor will it lose its value so long
as entomology shall be cultivated as a science, or
the comparative anatomist trace with delight the
footsteps of Divine wisdom in the gradually vary-
ing structures of animals,

So marvellous was the delicacy of some of his
experiments, that they at first appeared incredible,
and he was obliged, to satisfy the doubts of the
public, to exhibit them to skilful observers and
judges. It formed part of his design to iulustrate
in a similar manner the anatomy of the chrysalis
and perfect moth; but his labours were interrupted
by an accident which impaired his eyesight when
about sixty years of age.

In relation to the experiments he made while
engaged in preparing his “ Traité Anatomique de