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CHAP, III. 



Comparifon of the Happinefs of Man and Brute. — Man^ in the Civi- 

 lized Life, liable to many Difeafes and Weaknefes : — Thefe the 

 Brute free of — He enjoys the Pleafures of Senfe in a higher de- 

 gree ; and alfo certain Pleafures of Mind. — The Imperfe&ion 

 of our IntelleEl the Caufe of our Mifery : — The Brute, guided by 

 lujlinn, as happy as his Nature -will admit.' — Man, by a proper 

 ufe of his IntclleEl, may enjoy much greater Happinefs than the 

 Brute. — The InfinEl of the Political Animals, wonderful— fuch as 

 the Bee. — Account of the Polity of the Bee, from Xenophon — and of 

 the Ants and Swallows from Simplicius. — Reafon for the Political 

 Life of thefe Animals. — Of the Pairing of Birds, particularly 

 Swallows. — Injlances of the InfinSl of Dogs, and of their care of 

 their Offspring. — The Increafe of the Number of Fijhes by propaga- 

 tion, aftonijhing. — Coficlufon, that the Animal Life of the Brute is 

 much happier than the Animal Life of Man. — Praife of Derham^s 

 Phyf co-Theology, in infiftingfo much on Final Caufes, and thereby 

 demonftrating the Goodnefs of God. 



HAVING fa'id fo much of the natures of men and brutes and 

 of their different ways of living, I think it will be proper to 

 compare them in point of happinefs. 



The confequence of our unnatural way of living is, that we are 

 liable to many difeafeo and weakneffes, which are daily increafing, 



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