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has also the power of eating a large quantity of food, half 

 chewed, which he can bring up at pleasure and chew as 

 he passes over the desert. Here we see the wisdom of 

 the great Disposer of ail things. Had the horse been pla- 

 ced upon the desert as a beast of burthen, instead of the 

 camel, he would have perished for water and food before 

 half his journey were performed. Jn Lapland and other 

 northern climes, where the earth is covered with eternal 

 snows, the Reindeer is placed. His legs are slender, but 

 they are supported by the snow. He must travel rapidly, 

 or his master would perish in a long journey. There is a 

 skin which he can draw down over his eye, to protect it 

 from the frozen flakes of snow, which would inevitably 

 put his eyes out. In the centre of the skin is a very mi- 

 nute hole, through which he can distinctly see his way 

 without the possibility of injury from the frozen particles. 

 Here again we see a wise provision and adaptation of na- 

 ture. Were the eyes of the reindeer unprotected, it would 

 be impossible for the animal to travel in those regions of 

 perpetual storm, where the snow flakes are driven before 

 the wind with immense velocity. And again, were the 

 reindeer placed upon the burning sands of the desert, or 

 the camel upon the snow-clad hills of LapUnd, how soon 

 would each perish in the performance of the other's task ; 

 how ill adapted would they be to those climates. Wonder- 

 ful are thy works and ways, Oh Lord, God of Heaven ! 



There is a power in Nature which is ever striving a- 

 gainst decay. Nature evidently endeavors to renovate 

 herself. Mark yon field which has been turned out as 

 good for nothing by the injudicious farmer, who has work- 

 ed it until it can yield no longer. Nature teaches him how 



