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cruelty to demolish their dwellings, and devote the 

 occupants to death ; that they would thus 



' in corporal suffering 



Feel a pang as great as when a giant dies,' 



he must be indulged in the exercise of those kindred 

 feelings, and in the unenvied possession of his vitiated 

 taste. But the criminal disregard of the duties he 

 owes to his neighbors, in the indulgence of such pro- 

 pensities, whether they proceed from choice or in- 

 dolence, deserve the most severe and unrestrained 

 rebuke. 



Exudations, or any other unusual appearance of un- 

 healthiness or unthriftiness in trees often indicate the 

 proximity of the enemy, although such effects are pro- 

 duced sometimes by unskilful pruning. An early and 

 careful examination will lead to the detection of the 

 assailant, and, if seasonably made, may preserve the 

 tree. No effectual preventive against the injurious 

 operations of the borer upon many of our fruit, and 

 some of our forest trees, has yet been devised. 



The cankerworm and the curculio are the most 

 extensively fatal, as they are the most crafty of the 

 insect race, and no certain means have yet been dis- 

 covered to induce the belief that an effectual preven- 

 tive will be found to stay their annual ravages. The 

 time, and labor, and experiments that have been de- 

 voted to the attainment of this desirable object, or 

 employed in the investigation of the subject, are 

 deserving of more success than have resulted from 

 those efforts. Much useful and satisfactory informa- 

 tion as to their character and habits, has, however, 



