CONTENTS. Xlll 



ney to cast their Spawn. — Renovation of Shell in Land-crabs. — 

 Sagacity of a House-dog. — Evil of bad Companions. — Well- 

 time Lenity Page 145 



LETTER XIX. 



FROM EMILY TO CAROLINE. 



Anecdotes of Animals. — A blind Man's Dog. — Ingenuity of 

 a Horse. — Docility of the Goldfinch. — A Pig and Badger used as 

 Pointers. — Story of a Child and Snake. — Attachment to 

 Home 154 



LETTER XX. 



FROM CAROLINE TO EMILY. 



A delicate Benefaction. — A Nest incased in growing Wood. — 

 Story of a pair of Eagles. — An Eagle in confinement. — Deviations 

 from pure Instinct. — Instinct modified by circumstances. 161 



LETTER XXI. 

 FROM EMILY TO CAROLINE. 



Friendship of a Horse and Dog. — A domesticated Peewit. — 

 Animal antipathies overcome. — Animals reared by the Cat. — 

 A Badger suckled by a Cat. — Eels and Salmon of the River Ban. 

 — Singular Stratagem of Eels. — God's care of his Creatures. 168 



LETTER XXII. 



FROM CAROLINE TO EMILY. 



Animal and Vegetable coincidences. — Power of Rhinoceros 

 to inflate his Skin. — Organic Structure of Pish. — Teredo, or 

 Ship-worm. — Herbivorous and Carnivorous Animals. — General 

 Diffusion of Animal Life. — Pleasures derived from the Senses. 

 — Man's peculiar Pleasures Intellectual. — God's goodness in- 

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