We may be readily convinced of the infinite divisibility of bodies, by simply walking in a garden, and inhaling the sweet incense that rises from a thousand flowers. How inconceivably small must be the odoriferous particles of a carnation, which diffuse themselves through a whole garden, and every where strike our sense of smell If this is not sufficient, let us consider some other objects of nature; as, for instance, one of those silk threads, the work of a poor worm. Suppose this thread is three hundred and sixty feet long, it will weigh but a single grain. Again, consider into how many perceptible parts a length of three hundred and sixty feet can be divided. A single inch may be divided into six hundred parts, each as thick as a hair, and consequently be perfectly visible. Hence a single grain of silk can be divided into at least two millions five hundred and ninety-two thousand parts, each of which may be seen without the help of a microscope. And as every one of these parts may be again divided into several more millions of parts, till the division is carried beyond the reach of thought, it is evident that this progression may be infinite The last particles, which are no longer divisible by human industry, must still have extension, and be consequently susceptible of division, though we are no longer able to effect it. If we examine the animal kingdom, we shall discover still further proofs of the infinite divisibility of matter. Pepper has been put into a glass of water, and on looking through a microscope, a multitude of animalcules were seen in the water, a thousand million times less than a grain of sand! How inconceivably minute then must be the feet, muscles, vessels, nerves, and organs of sense, in these animals! And how small their eggs and their young ones, and the fluids which circulate in them! Here the imagination loses itself, our ideas become confused, and we are incapable of giving form to such very small particles. What still more claims our attention is, that the more we magnify, by means of glasses, the productions of nature, the more perfect and beautiful do they appear: whilst with works of art it is generally quite contrary; for when these are seen through a microscope, we find them rough, coarse, and imperfect, though executed by the most able artists, and with the utmost care. Thus the Almighty has impressed even upon the smallest atom the stamp of his inanity. The most subtile body is as a world, in which millions of parts unite and are arranged in the most perfect order.

The largest bell in the world, is called in Russia the "Tzar Kolokol," or king of bells; from the metal of which at least thirty-six bells might be cast, each as large as the great bell of St. Paul's, which has been itself called an "enormous mass of metal." The " King of Bells" weighs 400,000 pounds, or nearly 200 tons; is 20 feet high, and 20 1/2 in diameter. This enormous bell is now lying in a cavity close by Ivan Velikii. or Great Ivan, which is a tower belonging to the cathedral at Moscow. The tongue, which is 14 feet long, and 6 at its greatest circumference, lies exposed at the foot of the tower; it weighs as much as some of our largest bells. Russian authors state the bell to weigh 12,000 poods, or 432,000 pounds. Much metal was brought by persons from all parts of Russia, and thrown into furnaces while the bell was preparing; and the nobles vied with each other in casting in gold and silver plate, rings, trinkets, and ornaments of all kinds during the operation.