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eneci with an attack, like foldlers, they form a line of battle, 

 and boldly face the enemy. In a natural ftate, the rams 

 cortftitute one half of the flock. They join together and 

 form the front. When prepared in this manner for repel- 

 ling an afTault, no lion or tiger can refift their united impet- 

 uofity and force. 



A family of hogs, when in a ilate of natural liberty, never 

 feparate till the young have acquired flrength fufficient to 

 repel the wolf. "When a wolf threatens an attack, the whole 

 family unite their forces, and bravely defend each other. 



The wild dogs of Africa hunt in packs, and carry on a 

 perpetual war againft other rapacious animals. The jackals 

 of Ada and Africa likewife hunt in packs. But, though ani- 

 mals of this kind mutually affijft each other in killing prey, 

 individual advantage is the chief, if not the only bond of 

 this temporary union. 



Another kind of fociety is obfervable among domeftic ani- 

 liials. Horfes and oxen, when deprived of companions of 

 their own fpecies, afTociate, and difcover a vifible attachment. 

 A dog and an ox, or a dog and a cow, when placed in cer- 

 tain circumftances, though the fpecies are remote, and even 

 hoftile, acquire a ftrong afFe<Stion for each other. The fame 

 kind of aflbciation takes place between dogs and cats, be- 

 tween cats and birds, &c. If domeftic animals had a ftrong 

 averfion to one another, man could not derive fo many ad- 

 vantages from them. Horfes, oxen, flieep, Sec. by browfing 

 promifcuoufly together, augment and meliorate the common 

 pafture. By living under the fame roof, and feeding in com- 

 mon, this afTociating principle is ftrengthened and modified 

 by habit, which often commences immediately after birth. 

 A Angle horfe confined in an inclofure, difcovers every mark 

 of uneaftnefs. He becomes reftlefs, neglects his food, and 

 breaks through every fence in order to join his companions 



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