100 EXCURSIONS ROUND LONDON. 



forms all the different services required from 

 him ; proud and haughty, as well as pliant 

 and obedient, he shares our pleasures in the 

 chase, and even partakes of our dangers in 

 war. Nature has implanted in him a seriti- 



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ment of love and fear for man, with' a cer- 

 tain idea of the services which we can ren- 

 der him ; and he seems less to feel his slavery* 

 than the need in which he stands of our pro- 

 tection. 



It is to the aid of his species that man 

 owes his subjection of those not Jess useful 

 animals, whose milk nourishes, and whose 

 fleece serves to furnish us with garments ; as 

 well as that of his faithful domestic friend 

 and guardian, the do^. This animal, as you 



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must have observed, possesses strength, .vi- 

 vacity, and agility, as likewise all those in- 

 ternal qualities which attract our regard ; 

 and to him, in a great measure, do we owe 

 the peaceable, possession of the earth. 



Around the dwelling of the labourer are 

 collected several species of birds, which 



contribute 



