QUESTIONS. 3ol> 



her of the eggs of the Codfish ? What purposes does this productiveness 

 answer ? What is said of the rapacity of Insects ? What general 

 opinion has prevailed with respect to animals preying upon their own 

 species? What was the experiment of Reaumur with Caterpillars ? 

 To what devastations are Caterpillars subject ? What is said of the 

 Pucerons and their enemies? 



(P. 219.) What other source of the destruction of animal life is men- 

 tioned ? What general remarks upon war ? Is Man the only animal 

 that makes war with his own species ? Give some account of the wars 

 of Bees. What scenes of havoc and cruelty are witnessed in Wasps' 

 nests, in the autumn ? Is this harsh conduct of the Wasps an exception 

 to the universal benevolence of nature ? What is the annual course 

 of destruction among Hornets ? 



(P. 221.) Amid this extinction of myriads of living beings, has or 

 has not nature made provision for the preservation of every distinct 

 species ? What general advantages may enlightened philosophy dis- 

 cover in this constant destruction of animal life ? How does it promote 

 the improvement of animals? What is the fact stated by Capt. Cook, 

 and what is the inference from it, in respect to the causes of animal 

 hostilities ? What seems to be the general intention of nature in regard 

 to animated beings? How is the subject illustrated by the example 

 of Man, in his use of domestic animals ? 



(P. 224.) By what arrangement is a due balance preserved between 

 the vast variety of species in the animal kingdom ? How is this subject 

 illustrated by an inundation of the Nile ? by other facts, of the same 

 character ? What provision of nature to guard against th.6 dispropor- 

 tionate increase of the Shell-fishes ? What is said of the enemies of the 

 Whale? What general remarks does the author make on the subject? 



CHAPTER X. 



OF THE ARTIFICES OF ANIMALS. 



(P. 227.) What are the sources of the artifices of animals ? What 

 examples are given ? What arts does the Stag employ to elude his 

 pursuers? How does the Fallow-deer manifest his sagacity? the 

 Roe-deer ? the Hare ? Mention instances of the cunning of the Fox, 

 ji his depredations. What is said of the female? What account is 

 given of the Glutton? of the Kamtschatka Rat? 



(P. 233.) What is said of the artifices of Birds ? How do small Birds 

 often escape the Hawk ? Do Birds ever seek protection from Man .' 

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