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The cow, the sheep, the deer, and all their va- 

 rieties, are necessary to him, though in a diffe- 

 rent manner. Their flesh makes the principal 

 luxuries of his table, and their wool or skins the 

 chief ornament of his person. Even those na- 

 tions that are forbid to touch any thing that has 

 life, cannot wholly dispense with their assistance. 

 The milk of these animals makes a principal part 

 of the food of every country, and often repairs 

 those constitutions that have been broken by 

 disease or intemperance. 



The dog, the cat, and the ferret, may be con- 

 sidered as having deserted from their fellow- 

 quadrupeds to list themselves under the conduct 

 and protection of man. At his command they 

 exert all their services against such animals as 

 they are capable of destroying, and follow them 

 into places where he himself wants abilities to 

 pursue. 



As there is thus a numerous tribe that he has 

 taken into protection, and that supplies his ne- 

 cessities and amusements, so there is also a still 

 more numerous one that wages an unequal com- 

 bat against him, and thus calls forth his courage 

 and his industry. Were it not for the lion, the 

 tiger, the panther, the rhinoceros, and the bear, 

 he would scarcely know his own powers, and the 

 superiority of human art over brutal fierceness. 

 These serve to excite and put his nobler passions 

 into motion. He attacks them in their retreat, 

 faces them with resolution, and seldom fails of 

 coming off with a victory. He thus becomes 

 hardier and better in the struggle, and learns to 

 know and to value his own superiority. 



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