A Dig at the Evolutionists 



varied diet is an element of well-being In the 

 animal, a factor of prime importance for the 

 extension and predominance of its race in the 

 bitter struggle for life. The most unfor- 

 tunate species would be that which depended 

 for its existence on a diet so exclusive that 

 no other could replace it. What would be- 

 come of the Swallow if he required, in order 

 to live, one particular Gnat, a single Gnat, 

 always the same ? When once this Gnat had 

 disappeared — and the life of the Mosquito 

 is not a long one — the bird would die of 

 starvation. Fortunately for himself and for 

 the happiness of our homes, the Swallow 

 gulps them all down indiscriminately, to- 

 gether with a host of other Insects that per- 

 form aerial ballets. What would become of 

 the Lark were his gizzard able to digest 

 only one seed, invariably the same? When 

 the season for this seed was over — and the 

 season Is always a short one — the haunter 

 of the furrows would perish. 



Is not man's complaisant stomach, adapted 

 to the largest variety of nourishment, one 

 of his great zoological privileges? He Is 

 thus rendered Independent of climates, sea- 

 sons and latitudes. And the Dog: how Is 

 it that of all the domestic animals he alone 



is able to accompany us everywhere, even on 

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