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lied I iy its form. Hence, while inn- race of animal* n \i-l- :n I.|..<, ( 1 

 -1. lighter. another knows only peace and tranquillity 



S.iue ;iiv ingenious architect* from their origin. llnvin<_' founded 

 .i dwelling. they iir\,-r CC:IM' enlarging it lor their own accommodation. 

 wherein they employ tin- numerous organs incident to their I'orin. The 

 architectural disposition of oth e rowed only for behoof df their 



young, when tin- employment of tin- organs peculiar to tlieir form ce.-t 

 it is resumed with an approaching brood in a miee^-ding year. 



It i* & appointed in n-ijiilar onler, liy tlio Power whirh di( 

 the la\v~ lor pn^tTvin.i: tlie Creation. 



\ rnal indications are prcented, wh iie di>poition of 



living creatures is to be at oncu detected. Our knou le<lp* of it must be 

 gathered from time and exjierience. 



\\'c find the natural propensities unernially bestowed, and irregu- 

 larly exen-isi-d. What we l>elie\e a Mrneture denoting reline<l skill. 

 may proceed, on investigation, from natural cause*, as when a tubular 

 dwelling, fashioned l>y its tenant, forms the most regular cylinder, though 

 result i i c_ r simply from the oeoewary revolution of the animal while adding 

 to its dimensions. 



Perhaps we incline to assign too much to the sagacity of animals. 

 and we are more surprised than we ought to be at some of their action*. 

 I '.ui if reasoning is dependent on comparison, many animals certainly 

 enjoy that faculty to a certain extent, not witliHtanding such a privilege be 

 nicK-t unwillingly admitted by mankind. 



Whatever bo the condition of a living creature, whether dwelling 

 iu the air or in the waters, or in the flesh of others ; whether its organs 

 appear defective or redundant, the power of the Creator has adapted its 

 circumstances lor its place in the creation. 



Overpassing many grand, many wonderful, many sublime arrange- 

 mem-, \\hich can have had no other source than the Will of Omnipo- 

 tence. that which first hade the lightnings flash and the thunders roll, 

 nothing from the hiirhe-t to the lowest from the greatest to the least, 

 betrays disorder, or interrupts the harmonies of the Universe. 



If such conclusions be justly deduced from contemplating merely 



