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The naturalist's and traveller's companion, containing instructions for discovering & preserving objects of natural history and for promoting inquiries after human knowledge in general / [Anon].
- John Coakley Lettsom
- Date:
- 1774
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The naturalist's and traveller's companion, containing instructions for discovering & preserving objects of natural history and for promoting inquiries after human knowledge in general / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[ I* ] their knowledge, as there is fcarce any part of the furface of this globe, fcarce a tree, a fhrub, or a plant, an animal either living or dead, or even the excrements of animals, on which fome kind of infe£t does not depend for its fubfiltence and propagation. -The flowery leaf Wants not its foft inhabitants. Secure, Within its winding citadel, the ftone Holds multitudes. But chief the forefl>boughs. That dance unnumber’d to the playful breeze. The downy orchard, and the melting pulp Of mellow fruit, the namelefs nations feed Of evanefcent infers. Where the pool Stands mantled o'er with green, invifible. Amid the floating verdure, millions flray. Each liquid too, whether it pierces, foothes. Inflames, refrefhes, or exalts the tafte, With various forms abounds. Nor is the dream Of pureft cryftal, nor the lucid air. Though one tranfparent vacancy it feems. Void of their unfeen people—— [q)« » (f) Thomfon’s Seafons, Summer, 1. 296. SECT.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30511495_0001_0037.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
