Hymn of praise, from the 148th Psalm.

Whate'er a blooming world contains,
That wings the air, that skims the plains,
United praise bestow :

Ye dragons, sound his awful name
To heav'n aloud; and roar acclaim
Ye swelling deeps below.

Let ev'ry element rejoice:

Ye thunders, burst with awful voice
To him who bids you roll;

His praise in softer notes declare,
Each whisp'ring breeze of yielding air,
And breathe it to the soul.

To him, ye graceful cedars, bow;
Ye tow'ring mountains, bending low,
Your great Creator own

Tell when affrighted Nature shook,
How Sinai kindled at his look,

And trembled at his frown,

Ye flocks that haunt the humble vale,
Ye insects flutt'ring on the gale,
In mutual concourse rise:
Crop the gay rose's vermeil bloom,
And waft its spoils, a sweet perfume,
In incense to the skies.

Wake, all ye mounting tribes, and sing;
Ye plumy warblers of the spring,

Harmonious anthems raise

To him who shap'd your finer mould,
Who tipp'd your glitt'ring wings with gold,
And tun'd your voice to praise.

Let man, by nobler passions sway'd,
The feeling heart, the judging head,
In heav'nly praise employ ;
Spread his tremendous name around,
Till heav'ns broad arch rings back the sound,
The gen'ral burst of joy.

Hymn of praise, from the 148th Psalm.

Ye whom the charms of grandeur please,
Nurs'd on the downy lap of ease,
Fall prostrate at his throne:
Ye princes, rulers, all adore;

Praise him, ye kings, who makes your pow'r
An image of his own.

Ye fair, by Nature form'd to move,
O praise th' eternal source of love,
With youth's enliv'ning fire:
Let age take up the tuneful lay,
Sigh his bless'd name, then soar away,
And ask an angel's lyre.*

The reader will not be displeased to find that I have adopted the animated strains of Ogilvie, instead of giving a literal translation of the author's paraphrase. T.

INDEX.

AFRICA, brief description of it, 171.
Air, the, its principal properties, 88.
America, brief description of it, 172.
Animals, of various remarkable phenomena in them, 77;
wonderful instinct of oviparous animals, 78; provision
made by nature for their nourishment, 94; variety of
their tastes, 96; superstitious notions respecting various
species of them, 123; of the mischiefs caused by them,
129; their care of their young, 147; general observa-
tions on them, 167; resemblance between them and
plants, 204; their eyes described, 214; of their propa-
gation, 222; their strength compared with that of man,
244; of their hostilities, 259; of amphibious ones, 273.
Ants, remarkable particulars relative to the natural history
of those insects, 25; various species of them, 26; mis-
chiefs of which they are accused, 27.

Aphis, the, its fecundity and singular mode of generation,

223.

Asia, general facts relative to it, 171.

Aurora Borealis, described, 272.

Banks, Sir Joseph, observations on mildew, 94; note.
Beavers, description of their habitations, 135.

Beccaria, M. description of an ignis faturs, 228; note.
Birds, ingenious construction of their nests, 13; aquatic
birds, their formation, 80; structure of birds in general,

177.

Bitch, remarkable instance of the affection of one for her
young, 79.

Bitumens, a class of minerals, 233.

Blood, supposed showers of, accounted for, 150.

Body, human, of the manner in which it is nourished, 138;
influence of the moon upon it, 225.

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Bomare, M. Valmont de, observation on the culture of the
vine, 251; note.

Butterflies, their beauty and variety, 195; their remarka-
ble instinct in the propagation of their species, 247.

Carnation, observations on that flower, 20.

Caterpillars, on their metamorphoses, 4; moral reflections
on their transformations, 6.

Chako, or travelling ant of Peru, 130.

Cicero, observation by him respecting the existence of pro-
vidence, 94; note.

Cinnamon, account of the tree which produces it, 238.
Climates, of their difference, 63.

Cloves, manner of their production, 237.

Coffee, description of it, 237.

Colors, of their diversity, 132.

Corn, its progressive growth, 104.

Corn-field, moral reflections on one, 183.

Cotton, mode of its production, 238.

Countenance, human, its conformation, 81; it expresses the
affections of the soul, 82; reflections arising from the con-
templation of it, 84.

Crocodile, the, an amphibious animal, 274.

Dawn of morning, explanation of its cause, 51.

Death's head, a species of moth, 123.

Death-watch, superstitious notion, respecting it, 124.

Digestion, process of, described, 139.

Dionæa muscipula, description of it, 153.

Dog-days, observations on them, 107; correction of a vul-
gar error respecting them, 108.

Earth, the, observations on its primitive constitution, 36;
its various climates, 63; of its principal divisions, 170.
Earths, a class of minerals, 232.

Ephemeron-fly, natural history of that insect, 57.

Europe, one of the principal divisions of the globe, 170.
Eye, human, the principal feature of the countenance, 82.
Eye-brows, their nature and uses, 82.

Eye-lids, their uses, 83.

Fire, variety of its effects, 89.

Fishes, reflections on their nature and multitude, 219;
their fecundity, 222.

Flesh-fly, her wonderful instinct in chusing a place for de-
positing her eggs, 79; note.