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stinct alone could have taught them the necessity 

 of doing this. 



You have probably heard of the monks of St. 

 Bernard, whose monastery is situated amongst 

 the snow and ice of the Alps. They have a 

 fine, strong, and intelligent breed of dogs, which 

 have been taught to wander over the snow, and 

 seek for travellers who have been buried in it; 

 and thus many lives have been preserved. A 

 friend of mine procured a very young puppy of 

 this breed from the good monks, and brought it 

 to England in the winter. There was snow on 

 the ground when it was turned loose, but, 

 young as it was, it immediately began to 

 scratch in the snow, as if seeking for some 

 one, so strong was its instinct. 



We have about forty little, tender, migratory 

 birds, which arrive in the spring, and many of 

 them cheer us with their songs. Now, these 

 birds must fly over wide seas and lands before 

 they can reach our shores; and this is generally 

 done in the night. You may ask, What leads 

 them to do this -to encounter so much danger 

 and fatigue? It is an instinct which Almighty 

 God has implanted in them; and so unerring, it 

 is supposed, must be their flight, that they come 



