CONTENTS. 319 



CHAPTER IX. 



OP THE HOSTILITIES OP ANIMALS. 



General destruction of animal life 209 210 



Man the universal destroyer 210212 



Carnivorous Quadrupeds, Lion, Tiger, Wolf, &c 212214 



Rapacious Birds, their number less than of Quadrupeds 214 215 



All Fishes rapacious 215216 



Rapacity of different species of Insects 216219 



Man not the only animal that makes war with his own species 219 



Massacre of the male Bees by the neuters. Wars of Bees 220 



Havoc and cruelty among Wasps 220 231 



Of the final causes of this system of animal destruction, and the balance 

 which it preserves in the creation between different kinds of 

 animals 221 227 



CHAPTER X. 



OF THE ARTIFICES OF ANIMALS. 



Sources of the artifices of animals 227 



Cattle, Horses, Monkeys , 227 228 



Arts used by the Stag, Fallow-deer, Roe-buck, and Hare, when hunted . . 228230 



Craftiness and address of the Fox 230232 



Glutton and Kamtschatka Rat 232 233 



Of Birds. Singular artifice of the Nine-killer 233235 



Of the inhabitants of the ocean, Fishes, Shell-fish, &c 235236 



Of the Insect tribes 



CHAPTER XI. 



OF THE SOCIETY OF ANIMALS. 



Not confined to the human species 233 



Origin of society among mankind 238 2 10 



The associating principle natural to man ; advantages of society 240 



1. Proper Societies. Man, Beaver, Hampster, Pairing birds 240 243 



Of the Honey-bees, Common Caterpillar, Processionary Caterpil- 

 lar, Republican Caterpillar, Ants 243248 



2. Improper Societies. Ox, Deer, Sheep, Hogs, Wild Dogs 249250 



Society between animals of different species 250 



CHAPTER XII. 



OF THE DOCILITY OF ANIMALS. 



Han superior to all other animals in ductility of mind 350951 



Accounts of the Ourang-Outang by Buffon, Brosse, Pyrard, At 251253 



