XU INTRODUCTION. 



and the rabbit-hutch should not be neglected. 

 The joyous chorus of delight opened by the 

 various fowls, which — 



" Come trooping at the housewife's well-known call," 



cannot fail to inspire a certain degree of 

 pleasure, while they may be made an ample 

 source of interesting remark, as well as of 

 amusing employment. 



Besides being an amusement, they also call 

 forth in the minds of children a sense of re- 

 flection in watching the progress of the young 

 things to maturity ; as well as a tenderness 

 to the animals committed to their care, for 

 the attention necessarily bestowed on them. 

 This engenders a kindly feeling towards the 

 whole creation : it springs up insensibly in 

 their youthful bosoms ; grows with their 

 growth, to the manifest improvement of their 

 disposition ; and thus increases all the heart- 

 felt joys of a beloved family. 



