STUDY X. 17 



in favour of the happinefs of that country, and of 

 the humanity of it's inhabitants : nor did my con- 

 jecture deceive me. 



But dangerous animals, on the contrary, arc 

 feized with terror at the fight of Man, unlefs they 

 be driven from their natural bias by fome preffing 

 neceffity. An elephant will fufFer himfelf to be 

 led about, in Afia, by a little child. The African 

 lion retires, growling, from the cabin of the Hot- 

 tentot ; furrenders up to him the pofTeffions of 

 his anceflors, and feeks for himfelf a kingdom far 

 remote, in forefts, and among rocks, untrodden by 

 the foot of Man. The immenfe whale, amidft his 

 native element, trembles, and flees away before 

 the puny bark of the Laplander. And thus, to 

 this day, is executed that all-potent Law, which 

 fecured empire to Man, though funk into guilt 

 and wretchednefs : " And the fear of you, and 

 " the dread of you, (hall be upon every beaft of 

 " the earth, and upon every fowl of the air; upon 

 " all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all 

 " the fifhes of the fea; into your hand are they 

 " delivered *." 



It is fingularly remarkable, that, through the t 

 whole extent of Nature, there is no animal what- 



* Genefis, chap. in.. Yer. 2. 

 vol. m. c ever, 



