...(which renders them less an object of attention,) and from their numbers and fecundity. Dew-worms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in the chain of nature, yet, if lost, might make a lamentable chasm. For, to say nothing of half the birds and some quadrupeds which are...

...Dew-worms, though in appearance a small and despicable link iu the chain of nature, yet, if lost, might make a lamentable chasm. For, to say nothing of half the birds and some quadrupeds that are supported by them, worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed...

...these poor * History of Selbornc, vol. ip 364. despised animals ; for he has well observed, that " Earth-worms, though in appearance a small and despicable...quadrupeds, which are almost entirely supported by them, worms seem to be great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring,...

...extremity of the earthworm, resembling a good deal the medullary matter of the brain *. Dew-worms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in the chain of nature, yet, if lost, might make a lamentable chasm. For, to say nothing of half the birds and some quadrupeds which are...

...matrem linpavidos: illam tereti cervice refljxam IVlulcerc alternos, et corpora fingere lingua," XXXV. LANDS that are subject to frequent inundations are...quadrupeds, which are almost entirely supported by them, worms seem to be great promoters of vegethey were her own offspring. This circumstance corroborates...

...mighty in their effect, from their minuteness, which renders them less an object of attention than their numbers and fecundity. Earth-worms, though in...quadrupeds, which are almost entirely supported by them, worms seem to be great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed hut lamely without them, by boring,...

...incurious are aware of; and are might у in their effect from their minuteness, which render them !*•" an object of attention ; and from their numbers and...make a lamentable chasm. For, to say nothing of half tb>birds, and some quadrupeds, which are almost entirely supported by them, worms seem to be great...

...render them less an object of attention ; and from their numbers and fecundity. Earth-worms, though iu appearance a small and despicable link in the chain...birds, and some quadrupeds, which are almost entirely supjsirted by them, worms seem to be great promoters ot' vegetation — which would proceed but lamely...

...attention ; and from their numbers and fecundity. Earth-worms, though in appearance a small and df«picable link in the chain of Nature, yet, If lost, would make a lamentable chasm. For, to say nothing of half tile birds, and some quadrupeds, which are almost entirely supported by them, worms seem to be great...

...Earth-worms, though in appearance a small iui« despicable link in the chain of Nature, yet, if lost, wnul« make a lamentable chasm. For, to say nothing of half...birds, and some quadrupeds, which are almost entirely »upported by them, worms seem to be great promoters of vei^ tation — which would proceed but lamely...