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X. 



ON THE HABITS OF ANIMALS. 



MY DEAR FRIENDS, 



I am going to read you a lecture on the 

 habits of animals generally, and hope it will 

 amuse you. One of my objects is to do so, 

 and another to instruct you. In fact, the in- 

 stincts of animals, their contrivances, their 

 architecture, their forethought, their affections, 

 and various other circumstances connected with 

 their several modes of life, are, indeed, lessons 

 of instruction to every one. They show the 

 goodness of the Great Creator. They serve 

 to prove the truth of what the Psalmist said, 

 " The eyes of all wait on Thee, and Thou 

 givest them their meat in due season." If the 

 most insignificant little living creature is viewed 

 through a microscope, it will be found to be 



