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yielding their riches in almost every portion of the 

 earth the Fir, and lowly Birch, and Willow, 

 braving the mountain storms, or creeping almost to 

 eternal snows the Pine, whispering its sad moan- 

 ings in dark and gloomy forests the Oak, spreading 

 its arms in strength the Orange and Citron, loading 

 the air with perfume the broad Palm, lifting its 

 feathery leaves in quiet grandeur to the sky the 

 Algae, binding the ocean with one eternal fringe of 

 rich and varied hues. Mingled among all these are 

 thousands of other objects, that make up every 

 landscape, as rich in product, as curious in struc- 

 ture, and as varied in form. And these all are 

 ministering to a higher form of life the animal 

 kingdom, that, starting from the plant to an opposite 

 polarity, by a gradation so nice that we can not 

 draw the dividing line, bursts into a wealth of forms 

 with sensitive life ; ending in man, endowed with 

 thought and reason, able to understand this chain of 

 beings, as he is their appointed lord, and their con- 

 necting link with the Maker of them all. 



Among these we know the Polyp, that with 

 radiate masonry builds its walls and mounds strong 



