THE PRESERVATION OF GAME. 311 



earth chooses to turn away from the prospects and promises 

 so bountifully held out to him, and to bound his aspirations 

 by this nether world, contented that his mental powers were 

 given him for no higher purpose than to assist and supplement 

 his bodily ones, he will one day find how deeply he has in- 

 sulted his Maker, by contemning the high destiny ordained 

 for him before "the foundation of the world." 



