CONTENTS. XI 



LETTER IX. 

 FROM CAROLINE TO EMILY. 



Anecdote of two Goats. — Ingenuity of Goats. — Harmony of 

 Instincts and Habits. — Tractability of Goats. — Their Flesh. — 

 A Wedding. — Visits to Poor Neighbours. — Virtue excites Emu- 

 lation. Page 69 



LETTER X. 



FROM THE SAME TO THE SAME. 



Bats. — Structure of the Bat. — Its Habits. — Sensibility of the 

 Bat's AVing. — Torpidity of the Bat. — Analogous cases of vitality 

 suspended in Winter. — Wisdom of the Creator. . . 77 



LETTER XI. 



Shepherd's Dog. — Feat of a Sheep-dog. — Anecdote of Mr. 



Hogg's Dog — Great utility of Sheep-dogs. — Sagacity of Dogs. 



• — Canine Fidelity. — Discrimination of Dogs. — Anecdote of a 



Terrier. — Friendly apology. 85 



LETTER XII. 

 FROM EMILY TO CAROLINE. 



Ingenuity of two Goats. — Fidelity of a Spaniel. — His death 

 from grief. — A Man saved by a Dog's sagacity. — Newfound- 

 land Dog. — Uses of Natural History 9 



LETTER XIII. 

 FROM CAROLINE TO EMILY. 



Eulogium on Letters. — Submission to the Divine Will. — 

 Pleasures of an active Life. — Exploits of a Roman Dog. — Cha- 

 racter of the Cat. — Anecdote of a Cat. — Cats attached to houses. 

 — Encrinites. — Works of Nature unheeded. — God's Works full 

 of Wisdom 102 



