it appears, think only of us, dream 

 only of being useful to us. To 

 serve us better, to adapt himself 

 better to our different needs, he 

 has adopted every shape and been 

 able infinitely to vary the faculties, 

 the aptitudes which he places at 

 our disposal. Is he to aid us in 

 the pursuit of game in the plains ? 

 His legs lengthen inordinately, 

 his muzzle tapers, his lungs 

 widen, he becomes swifter than 

 the deer. Does our prey hide 

 under wood ? The docile genius 

 of the species, forestalling our 





