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XIV. 



INSTINCT OF SOME OF THE 

 SUPERIOR ANIMALS. 



MY dear friends, I am going to read you a lec- 

 ture 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 

 instincts 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 good- 

 ness 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 micro- 



