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the forest, in the fields, in the seasons, winter and summer, light and 

 darkness, on the shores of the great ocean, and by the side of the rip- 

 pling brook, everything we examine has its story to tell of the 

 bounty and goodness of our Creator. You, doubtless, wonder how any 

 reasonable being can deny the existence of God, with all these proofs 

 before him. It is, certainly, very strange. But you are young, and 

 every day you live will show you other proofs as great as these. 

 When the snows of .more than seventy winters have whitened your 

 locks, as they have mine, I am sure you \vill think it the greatest 

 wonder of all, that a reasoning human creature should reject these 

 proofs of a kind Providence, as inconclusive and visionary. 



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The Chamois. 



ONE of the most interesting animals known is the chamois, a 

 picture of which stands at the head of this article. Its form is that 

 of a slender-formed goat, but with less shaggy hair. It inhabits the 



