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that all animals are produced at the most convenient 

 time of the year, just when there is food and enter- 

 tainment ready for them. So Iambs, kids, and many 

 other living creatures, are brought into the world iu 

 the spring, when tender grass and nutritive plants are 

 provided for their food. The like may be observed 

 concerning silk* worms, whose eggs are hatched just 

 when the leaves of the mulberry tree appear; the 

 aliment being soft and tender, while the worms them- 

 selves are 30, and growing more strong and substantial 

 as the insects increase in bulk and vigour. 



9. A still farther proof hereof we have in the various 

 instincts of animals, directed to ends which th<y know 

 not, as, 1. All creatures know how to defend them- 

 selves, and oilend their enemies ; all krtow what their 

 natural weapons arc, and how to make use of them. 

 A boar knows the use of his tusks, a horse of his 

 hoof's, a cock of his spurs, a bee of her sfing. Yea a 

 calf will make a push with his head, even before any 

 horns appear, tf. Those creatures which have not 

 strength to light, are usually swift of foot or wing, and 

 are uatu rally inclined to make use of that swiftness, 

 and save themselves by Might. 3. Every creature 

 knows and shuns its natural enemy, as a lamb lioos 

 the wolf, and partridge or poultry birds of prey; and 

 they make use of a peculiar note to warn their young 

 of their approach, who thereupon immediately run to 

 shelter. 4- As soon as ever it is brought forth, every 

 animal knows its food. Such as are nourished with 

 milk, immediately rind their way to the paps, and 

 suck ; whereas those which are designed for other 

 nourishment, never make any such attempt. 5. Birds 

 that are fin-toed, or whole-footed, are naturally di- 

 rected to go into the water. So ducklings, though, 

 hatched and led by a hen, if she brings them to the 

 brink of a river or pond, presently leave her and go 

 iu, though they never saw any such thing before, and 

 though the hen clucks and calls, and does all she can 

 to keep them out. 6. l>irds of the same kinds make 



