234 ^^ Naturalist in La Plata. 



to us in vain. We are only teaching the tribes of 

 that vast continent to exterminate a hundred coble 

 species they would not tame. With grief and 

 shame, even with dismay, we call to mind that 

 our country is now a stupendous manufactory of 

 destructive engines, which we are rapidly placing 

 in the hands of all the savage and semi-savage 

 peoples of the earth, thus ensuring the speedy 

 destruction of all the finest types in the animal 

 kingdom. 



