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them over to a reprobate mind to do those things 

 that are not convenient: further, that with re- 

 spect to those characters, which distinguish one 

 nation from another, they may be attributed to 

 the action of physical causes directed by the 

 Deity : who, to use the language of a pious and 

 excellent poet, 



Lives through all life, extends through all extent, 

 Spreads undivided, operates unspent. 



THERE is another interesting subject connected 

 with the geography of animals, which may find 

 its place here ; a subject than which none shows 

 more evidently or strikingly the hand of a benefi- 

 cent and ever watchful Providence, holding the 

 reins ; and upon certain occasions and at certain 

 seasons, directing various animals to change their 

 quarters, and seek often in distant countries a 

 more genial climate, in which they may give birth 

 to their young, or find a better supply of food for 

 their own support. I shall, therefore, now devote 

 a few pages to the migrations of animals. 



The most general principle that causes emigra- 

 tion is common to man and animals. When 

 a country is over-peopled, and can no longer 

 maintain its inhabitants, unless some means can 

 be devised at home, by which the pressure may 

 be lightened, and the suffering classes enabled 

 to procure the necessaries of life, there must in- 



