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on the wound by its being uncovered, the oxygen of the 

 atmosphere unites with the secreted fluid, and renders it 

 so thin that it cannot unite the lips of the wound, and 

 hence the necessity of keeping a cut finger or other part 

 wrapped up in bandages. Now this is precisely the case 

 with a tree. If a deep cut is made into it, a fluid is se- 

 creted, which will unite the wound if kept covered ; but if 

 not, the oxygen of the atmosphere unites with the secret- 

 ed fluid and renders it too thin to unite the wound. Here 

 we see a great similitude between the animal and vegeta- 

 ble, which it is found will correspond throughout. 



We find too, when we open the great volume of nature 

 and pry into her works, that there is a perfect adaptation 

 of every thing to its proper place, use or end. We see it 

 in the golden globes which wheel their courses round the 

 .great hall of Heaven we see it in the glorious sun, with- 

 out whose light and heat all animal and vegetable life 

 must perish. Without his light the beautiful colors which 

 deck and adorn this world of flowers were extinct, and 

 without the atmosphere which surrounds us, the melodi- 

 ous sounds of music would delight our ears no more ; for 

 there is no sound in a vacuum. We see this wonderful a- 

 daptation of Nature in the things which are upon our 

 earth and in what concerns man. In level and temperate 

 countries, where swiftness is required, the horse is placed. 

 On the desert we find the camel, an animal capable of en- 

 during long fatigue and of carrying with it a supply of wa- 

 ter. It is well known that water is scarce on the great 

 deserts of Asia and Africa, and on this very account Na- 

 ture has placed a large hollow hump on the back of the 

 camel, in which he may carry his supply of water. He 



