The Botanic Garden, a Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation

part visible in obscure places, because this is a better reflecting

surface than any other part of the animal. If any of these emergent rays from the animals eye can be supposed to have been reflected from the choroid coat through the semi-transparent retina, this would account for the coloured glare of the eyes of dogs or cats and rabits in dark corners.

NOTE IV.--COMETS.