THE Contemplative Philosopher: OR SHORT ESSAYS ON THE VARIOUS OBJECTS OF NATURE NOTICED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR; WITH POETICAL ILLUSTRATIONS, AND MORAL REFLECTIONS ON EACH SUBJECT. BY RICHARD LOBB. Fourth Edition, Corrected and Improved. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. London: PRINTED FOR SHERWOOD, NEELY, & JONES, PATERNOSTER-ROW. CONTENTS. 70. On the Habitation of Animals in general........ 290 71. On the Instinct of Affection in the Brute Creation 301 THE CONTEMPLATIVE PHILOSOPHER. No. XXXIX. ON THE WONDERFUL INGENUITY OF WASPS. The laws of life, why need I call to mind, Of these, none uncontrolled and lawless rove, JENYNS. THE wonders of Nature in the insect tribes are not confined to what is observable in the operations of bees. The labours of wasps, though not beneficial to mankind, are not less ingenious and worthy of admiration.-Wasps, like the bees, associate in great numbers, and construct a common habitation with much dexterity and skill. There are many species of wasps, some of which unite into societies, |