41 



IV. 

 ON QUADRUPEDS. 



MY DEAR FRIENDS, 



I have written three lectures for you, two on 

 the subject of fish and one on birds, and I am 

 now going to address you on the subject of 

 quadrupeds, or four-footed beasts. I have a 

 few anecdotes to tell you respecting them which 

 I hope will interest you, but before I do this, I 

 wish to impress upon you how desirable it is 

 that you should become acquainted with the 

 works of the Great Creator; and, be assured, 

 that the more you acquire a knowledge of them, 

 so much the more will you be led not only to 

 admire but to wonder at the infinite variety and 

 extraordinary contrivances of Him who made 

 you and all things, both in heaven above and 



