46 LEWIS'S AMERICAN SPORTSMAN. 



How different is all this from the attachment or submission that 

 we witness in the other domesticated animals, all of which, wo 

 may say, have been reclaimed with much trouble, and enslaved 

 contrary to their own will ! They submit alone to our arbitrary 

 wishes through the fear of punishment or the hope of reward; 

 they greedily partake of our proffered food, and perform in return 

 their apportioned labors: these forced duties at an end, they 

 neither court the society of man nor manifest any particular 

 pleasure at his presence or pain at his absence; and if left to 

 themselves, would soon relapse into their original state of freedom 

 and independence. 



