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each other's heads ; and, as they mostly leave the 

 trees in pairs, and in pairs return, I am led to 

 conjecture that their union is not dissolved at the 

 period when the young no longer need parental 

 aid. 



He who is fond of rural scenes, and loves to 

 rove 



" On a mountain's lonely van, 

 Beyond the noise of busy man, 

 Painting fair the form of things, 

 While the yellow linnet sings, 

 Or the tuneful nightingale 

 Charms the forest with her tale," AA3 



will never bring his mind to drive away this playful 

 merry bird, or allow his gardener to take its life, 

 for the value of a handful of cherries. 



DEFENCE AGAINST ANIMALS OF THE FE- 

 LINE AND CANINE TRIBES. 



A MAN, at some period or other of his life, may have 

 the misfortune to come in contact with the larger 

 individuals of these two desperate and sanguinary 

 races of quadrupeds. Perhaps a few hints of a pre- 

 cautionary nature, in case of collision, may not be 

 altogether unacceptable to the reader. 



The dog and the lion are both most formidable 

 foes to an unarmed man ; and it is singular enough 

 that the very resistance which he would be forced 

 to make, in order to escape being worried by the 



