THE SCAVENGERS 



Man is a great blunderer going about 

 in the woods, and there is no other except 

 the bear makes so much noise. Being so 

 well warned beforehand, it is a very stupid 

 animal, or a very bold one, that cannot 

 keep safely hid. The cunningest hunter is 

 hunted in turn, and what he leaves of his 

 kill is meat for some other. That is the 

 economy of nature, but with it all there is 

 not sufficient account taken of the works 

 of man. There is no scavenger that eats 

 tin cans, and no wild thing leaves a like 

 disfigurement on the forest floor. 



