DOMAIN IX. ANOMALOUS. 



This subject cannot be quitted without the ob- 

 servation, that there seems a most manifest indi- 

 cation of MIND and DESIGN, or in other words of 

 a great Creator, in the peculiar distribution of 

 this metal in the northern parts of Europe ; where 

 He knew, to whom all times are present, that it 

 would be necessary for the industry of the inha- 

 bitants. In like manner the increased thickness of 

 the fur, or of the feathery down of animals, can 

 scarcely be attributed to climate or chance : not to 

 add another simple observation, but which does 

 not seem to have been made, namely, the superior 

 size and strength of the female, when compared 

 with the male, solely among the birds of prey ; as 

 it was necessary that she should both protect and 

 feed her voracious offspring. 



