VIll PREFACE. 



enjoyment, that none can doubt its being the 

 work of an all powerful, infinitely wise, and bene- 

 volent Being. 



Conscious of inability to do justice to so noble 

 a subject, I trust that my good intention will be 

 received with the same indulgence as has been so 

 often manifested on former occasions ; and if by 

 this small collection of instances of animal sagaci- 

 ty, I have added a book of entertainment to the 

 common stock, that neither corrupts the mind, 

 nor vitiates the taste of the rising generation, my 

 endeavours will be well rewarded. 



