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large animals of this latitude. He would 

 never think of making a pet of any wild 

 animal. He would not live a moral life 

 for its own reward, because there would 

 be some difficulty in explaining to him 

 the nature of that reward. He would not 

 be content with four meals a day if he 

 could get eight, and he does not feel like 

 working when he is full of food and wants 

 to sleep. 



He seems to live for the purpose of 

 completing a round of life. One round 

 begins with the water bacteria which are 

 eaten by infusoria, which are eaten by 

 mollusks, which are eaten by fish, which 

 are eaten by Jo-mul, who will be eaten by 

 bacteria in turn if he is not careful in 

 shooting the rapids. Another round be- 

 gins with the land plants, which are eaten 

 by the caribou, which are eaten by Jo-mul, 

 who will be eaten by the bacteria and 

 turned over to the land plants again if he 

 is careful about shooting the rapids. Thus 

 will Jo-mul fill his place in the economy 

 of nature, and apparently there is no other 

 mission for him on earth, 



