BIRD AND ANIMAL LIFE. 



had to make for the high points immediately after de- 

 veloping into a moving being so as to feed on the mosses 

 or scums of detained waters which become deposited 

 on the mountains during this period, or percolated 

 through the rocks. 



For the same reason, as other forms of life which 

 generated a hairy covering to conform to perpetuation, 

 he also had to develop the hairy covering by the con- 

 gealing of the exuded particles of waste matter pass- 

 ing outward through the pores of his skin, through his 

 being exposed to the rigors of changing climatic con- 

 ditions. 



He also formed his horns on the head by scratching 

 against the rugged rocks trying to detach the particles 

 of moss or scum which was the only form of vegetation 

 conforming to the age and time. His gums being in- 

 capable of detaching the adhering moss, and in conse- 

 quence he butted it off with his head. Each successive 

 scratching and refreshing of the wound brought into 

 existence the horny substance to grow on the head 

 as a preservative of the head. It being nature's 

 law to develop a means of perpetuation of every form 

 of life and develop it in conformity with the conditions 

 it has to contend with. This scratching process devel- 

 oped the horns in the form of a corn on your foot. Each 

 successive abrasion caused the toughening of the sore, 

 and made it more horny. 



Even until to-day we see the same process going on 

 in nature, where the shoe is so tight as to rub the hide 

 and continue to do so, nature provides a horny substance 



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