HEAT AND COLD. 



Carnivorous life being at time of birth a feeder on 

 other life, had to conform to the conditions of tem- 

 perature where it had to make its trips for food. In 

 consequence the carnivorous life, although being the 

 products of climates, not changeable in the extreme like 

 mountain tops; still the life of that form had to develop 

 so as to admit of its traveling and living on the moun- 

 tain tops in quest of food. 



In consequence life of the carnivorous order develop- 

 ed hair over the body by the congealing of the material 

 carried out by the pores; through the action of cold on 

 same. The life of like order being subject to extremes 

 of climate through its quest for food on the mountain 

 tops. The pores of the skin on like forms of life being 

 small, and in consequence the hairy covering conformed 

 to the capacity of the pores in carrying properties out- 

 ward from the system. This form of life hunted the 

 bird and other forms of life that preceded it on the 

 higher points; also squirrels and minor forms of life 

 adaptable to like abodes. 



The domestic ox was the product of mountain val- 

 leys conforming in period of constant temperature very 

 closely to the man. These valleys cooling much later 

 than the mountainous districts. These valleys being 

 situated near or in about the same elevation of the 

 highlands coriforming to the advent of man. They had 

 greater bodies of minerals deposited owing to being the 

 sinks or lowlands in proximity to the mountains, and 

 in conformity the life developed in larger forms. 



The domestic ox being a vegetarian from birth, 



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