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they always swam directly back to the shore. See what a 

 contrast to all the amphibious animals in Europe, which, 

 when disturbed by the most dangerous animal, man, in- 

 stinctively and instantly take to the water ! 



" The tameness of the birds in the Falkland Islands is 

 particularly interesting, because most of the very same 

 species, more especially the larger birds, are excessively 

 wild in Tierra del Fuego, where for generations they have 

 been persecuted by the savages. Both at these islands, and 

 at the Galapagos, it is particularly noteworthy, as I have 

 shown in my journal, by the comparison of the several 

 accounts up to the time when we visited these islands, 

 that the birds are gradually getting less and less tame, 

 and it is surprising, considering the degree of persecution 

 which they have occasionally suffered, during the last 

 one or two centuries, that they have not become 

 wilder ; it shows that the fear of man is not too soon 

 acquired." 



The French naturalist, Gaede, says : 



"It is with the Bible in the hand that we must enter 

 into the great temple of Nature to understand the voice 

 of the Creator." 



If this method of research had been more frequently 

 followed by students of nature in the past, there would 

 not be to-day such a host of theories in connection with 

 creation, which lead up to a certain point, but are in- 

 capable of any definite conclusion, because most of them are 

 based on faulty premise. 



The instruction in Genesis, in the first chapter, on the 

 subject of nourishment for both man and beast is as 

 follows : 



" Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, 

 which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in 



