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gardens, such as rooks, sparrows, &c., has 

 generally given rise to an infinitely more pre- 

 judicial multiplication of destructive vermin. 

 You may be quite sure, then, of one important 

 fact from what you have heard. It is this. 

 An All-wise Creator has so beautifully and 

 beneficially arranged everything in this world, 

 that all tends to one universal good. I have 

 endeavoured, in some of my former lectures, 

 to impress this truth upon you. It should never 

 be lost sight of; and be assured that the more 

 you see God, as manifested in His works, the 

 more you will be led to admire and love Him. 



Let me conclude my lecture to you on the 

 utility of birds by reminding you that the pen 

 with which I wrote it was plucked from the 

 wjng of a goose ; and do not forget, when you 

 are reposing in peace and warmth on your 

 beds, that the same bird has probably, by its 

 feathers, contributed to your comfort. And 

 when Michael mas -day arrives, let me hope 

 that you will be reminded of your old and 

 affectionate friend, as each of you sits down 

 with your wives and children to partake of a 

 good fat goose and apple-sauce, which all may 

 afford to do who are depositors in a savings' 



