114 A BOOK OF MORTALS 



In truth even the most thoughtful of men fail to realise 

 what a blank, life would be without the beasts that perish. 



So let us set down here, as briefly as possible, some of 

 the ways in which, day by day, hour by hour, they make 

 the life of each of us pleasurable, profitable — nay, more ! 

 possible. 



