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cattle; with regard to character, by the various species 

 of Cyprinus and other similar genera. Whether any of 

 the reptiles may be looked upon as falling into this di- 

 vision, I am not sufficiently conversant with them to as- 

 sert ; but if any, the Chelonians, or tortoise and turtle 

 tribes, are entitled to that distinction. Amongst the birds, 

 the Gallincc and Anseres, from which Orders we derive 

 our domestic poultry, whether terrestrial or aquatic, and 

 our game, form the step next below the ruminants, or 

 cattle : and we are thus again led towards man, and are 

 symbolically instructed in those domestic and social qua- 

 lities which endear us to each other, best promote the 

 general welfare, and render us most like good spirits and 

 the Divinity himself; of whom the perpetual recurrence 

 of animals exhibiting these amiable and useful qualities 

 is calculated to impress upon us some notion. I might 

 mention many more instances of ascending analogies ; as 

 from some of the Diptera by the parrots, to the Quadru- 

 manes or monkey tribes or from some of the lulidce that 

 roll themselves into a ball, to the Armadillo , but these 

 are sufficient to set your mind at work upon the subject, 

 so that you may trace them for yourself. Nor shall I 

 occupy your time by pointing out how analogies may be 

 traced from insects downwards towards the lowest term 

 in the scale of animal life, but proceed to consider the 

 analogies observable between insects themselves; in 

 which I shall follow the second method lately mentioned, 

 and consider them as arranged in parallel series. 



In studying the analogies that take place between in- 

 sects themselves, we should always bear in mind that our 

 inquiry is not concerning an affinity which demands a 

 correspondence in various particulars that are not neces- 

 sary to constitute an analogy ; as, for instance, that there 



