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in an unbroken silence. Agonised with “ constant
and uninterrupted pains,” this excellent man—who
must undoubtedly be ranked among the numerous
Inartyrs to sclence—expired at the early age of
forty-four. Shortly before his decease, he earnestly
recommended that his treatise on Bees should be
published in Dutch as well as Latin, as displaying
the wisdom and power of God in so particular a
manner; and how much his pious soul was set
upon glorifying the mighty Creator, whose works
had afforded him such delight, is perceptible
throughout all the pages of this work. His MSS.
and plates he bequeathed to M. Thevénot; and
after passing through several hands, they were
purchased in 1727 by Boerhaave, who lost no time
in giving them to the world. They form the well-
known work entitled “ Swammerdam’s Book of Na-
ture, to which the illustrious editor has prefixed
the Memoir from which this sketch is made. He
has given, at the close of it, a curious and interest-
ing account of the instruments employed by Swam-
merdam to perfect his beautiful discoveries, which,
I am persuaded, will interest the reader. “ For
dissecting very minute subjects, he had a brass
table made on purpose, to which were fastened
two brass arms, moveable at pleasure to any part
of it; and the upper portions of these arms were
likewise so contrived as to be susceptible of a