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I fear my observations, which were only intended to occupy a few pages, are going to be 

 as long as the web spun by the silkworm, and that the reader has become quite tired of them ; 

 probably he will never reach so far as this, but my apology for their great length is that 

 when once one begins to write there is no stopping, so many odd propositions suggest them- 

 selves on subjects which are so interesting We may well ask how can all these things be? 



I intended to have had a word or two about some quadrupeds, fishes, and other creeping 

 things besides those already mentioned, inhabiting both the land and sea, but I must defer doing 

 so at present, and will now conclude this long tirade, merely remarking that it was the Creator's 

 good pleasure to people the world and clothe it with good things, all of which were directly or 

 indirectly for man's enjoyment, and without many of them how could he exist? In his present, 

 (what must be called artificial) condition those, which he may consider of no use or value to 

 him, were created for Nature's own purposes, but also for his harmless amusement, by affording 

 him the opportunity to study their habits and to acquire some knowledge of her works. 



Verily, many of the present generation and most of the rising one are proud in and 

 satisfied with their own conceit. What can all this end in? These are luxurious times, but yet 

 in spite of this it appears to be a fashion to be anxious about the religious welfare of others, 

 and especially the poor, but generally as a rule each one seems to be entirely at his or her 

 ease and content as to their own. 



