STUDY I. 



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torrid Zone. Every region is fupporting a race 

 of fervants for him ; the roughed, the moft ro- 

 bufti the moft patient, the moft ungrateful. 



But animals alone, in which are united the 

 greateft number of utilities, live with him over the 

 whole face of the earth. The lluggiQi cow paf- 

 tures in the cavity of the valley, the bounding 

 ilieep on the declivity of the hill. The fcram- 

 bhng goat browzes among the fhrubs of the rock; 

 the hog, armed with a fnout, turns up the founda- 

 tion of the marftiy ground, with the help of an 

 appendage of fpurs, which Nature has planted 

 above his heels, to prevent his finking in it ; the 

 fwimming duck feeds on the fluviaiic plants ; the 

 hen, with attentive eye, pitiks up every grain fcat- 

 tered about, and loft in the field ; the pigeon, on 

 rapid wing, colleds a fimilar tribute from the re- 

 fufe of the grove, and the frugal bee turns to 

 account, for Man, even the fmall duft on the 

 flower. 



There is no corner of the Earth where the 

 whole vegetable crop may not be reaped. Thofe 

 plants which are rejefted by one, are a delicacy to 

 another ; and even to the finny tribes, contribute 

 to their fatnefs. The hog devours the horfe tail 

 and hen-bane ; the goat, the thiftle and hemlock. 

 AU return, in the evening, to the habitation of 



F 4 Man, 



