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every living creature on the surface of the globe. In 

 savage life, the whole object, occupation, and enjoyment 

 of man, whenever lie is not engaged in war, consists in 

 catching and killing almost any of the creatures that 

 inhabit the wilderness through which he roams. In a 

 drop of putrid water a microscope informs us that animal- 

 cules of all shapes and sizes, with the same malice pre- 

 pense, are hunting and slaying each other. The 600 

 boys at Eton, if collected together, would resolve readily 

 among themselves to receive with decorum, and no doubt 

 with youthful dignity, any great personages about to 

 honour them with a visit ; and yet, while the grand 

 procession was approaching them, or even just after it had 

 arrived, if a rat were to run about among them, all their 

 good intentions in one moment would be destroyed. 



During the grand reviews in France of the Allied 

 armies under the command of Wellington, although the 

 British troops had behaved steadily enough at Waterloo, 

 it was found that the presence and authority of " the 

 Iron Duke " were utterly unable to keep them immoveable 

 as soon as the hares began to jump up among them. 

 Nay, at Inkerman, while the battle was raging, several 

 men of the Guards were observed by their officers sud- 

 denly to cease firing at the Russians, who were close 

 to them, in order to ^^ prog" with their bayonets a poor 

 little scared hare that was runnino^ amono^ their feet ! 



