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thus preserved in confinement during the winter, when no little 

 insects are to be procured, by gently moving little pieces of meat 

 or dead flies in front of it. The falcon will only stoop for living 

 birds, and if they be thrust into its cage, he will not touch them 

 as long as they remain motionless. Very constantly, too, 

 amongst men we see that the more self-assertive and rapacious 

 of the race leave weaker ones alone until those weaker ones 

 attempt to defend themselves or exhibit fussiness. The exhibi- 

 tion of their activity is the settling of their fate. Their safe 

 policy was quietness. Abandoning that, they abandoned all 

 their chances. p. 



Quite at Home. 



The stork reveals a connection between his mode of being and 

 action and that of men. Carelessly and confidingly he walks 

 about the court and garden of the farmer ; in seaport towns, he 

 even stalks on amidst all the bustle of the streets, and expects 

 every one whom he meets to make room for him ; he wanders 

 from market to market, from fountain to fountain, examines 

 boldly here a basket and there a dish in short, he feels him- 

 self at home. Despite all familiarity, he knows how to make 

 himself respected ; and he maintains not only his perfect free- 

 dom, but even a sort of superiority. ST. 



The Rage of Fools. 



The orang-outang in general, when he feels himself sorely 

 stricken by his pursuers, hurriedly climbs to the summit of the 

 loftiest tree within his reach, and if he finds himself still pur- 

 sued he passes on to another. Meanwhile he utters the most 

 dolorous cries, and vents his impotent rage upon the tree which 

 serves him for a refuge. One after another he breaks the 

 greatest branches ; but they immediately escape from his grasp, 

 and fall to the ground. Thus he does by this expedient of his 

 fury only expose himself the more fully to the projectiles 

 directed at him. The stripped tree is no longer available as a 

 shelter. The Malay hunters, therefore, take no heed of all this 

 fracas, but patiently wait until the orang has thoroughly exposed 

 himself, to aim their arrows or rifle-balls with the greater cer- 



