USES OF ANIMALS. 365 



Is not the earth 



"With various living creatures, and the air 

 Replenished, and all these at thy command 

 To come and play before thee ? 



MILTON. 



THE more we search into the arrangements of 

 Providence, with a view of ascertaining the reason 

 why certain objects were created, and why they 

 are found in certain localities and not in others, 

 the more cause we shall find to admire the wisdom 

 and goodness of the Great Creator. The adapta- 

 tion, also, of various animals, fruits, and vegetables, 

 to peculiar climates and soils, all of them neces- 

 sary to the comfort and well-being of man, is not 

 a little extraordinary. If we look at the construc- 

 tion of the camel, we shall find it capable of sup- 

 plying the place of the cow and the sheep, as re- 

 gards food and clothing, to the wild Arab of the 

 Desert. The goat is of the same use in another 

 district ; while the Laplander is equally benefitted 

 by the rein-deer. Wheat, that hardy plant, which 

 retains its vital power through a long succession 

 of ages, and is so necessary to man, will flourish 

 in almost any climate, and in every country. I 

 have now some in my possession, the produce of 



