ON

THE WORKS OF GOD;

and of

His Providence.

THROUGHOUT ALL NATURE.

Translated by a Lady,

FROM THE GERMAN OF C. C. STURM.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR J. WALKER;

J. Johnson; J, & J. Richardson; R. Faulder & Son; F. C.
& J. Rivington; Vernor, Hood, & Sharpe ; R. Lea; J. Nunn ;
Cuthell & Martin; E. Jeffery, Lackington, Allen, & Co.;
Lane, Newman, & Co.; Longman, Hurst, Recs, & Orme;
Cadell and Davies; Wilkie & Robinson; J. Booker; Black,
Parry, & Kingsbury; Sherwood, Neely, & Jones; J.
Asperne; R. Scholey; and J. Harris,

CONTENTS TO FOL. II.

Page

FOREIGN plants

The transformation of the caterpillars

The silk worm

The rainbow

The birds' nests

The many enjoyments we find in nature

Reflections on a flower-garden.

Description of the common phenomena of a

storm

The ants

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Number of effects in nature proceeding from one

and the same cause..

Some maladies in plants.

Means of subsistence which nature affords to

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Divisibility of bodies

Outward construction of the limbs of insects

Comparison between the senses of men and ani-

mals.

Thunder

Contemplation of a meadow

Mischief occasioned by animals

Variety of colours

The buildings of the beavers

Animals considered as examples to mankind of

vices and virtues

Nature seen and considered in different points of

view.

Mischiefs which rains may occasion

The care of animals for their young

Several sorts of extraordinary rain

Sensitive plants.

The fear of storms

Summer furnishes us with images of death

Causes of the heat of the earth

The nature and properties of light

The formation of birds.

Reflections on the sky

Moral reflections on seeing a field of corn

Shell-fish