138 "The Wisdom of GOD Parti, 

 delivered into the Hand, and committed to the 

 Care and Tuition of Man ; and ferving him for 

 divers Ufes, are nourished andprotefted by him; 

 and fo enjoying their Beings for a Time, by this 

 Means propagate and continue their Species : So 

 that there are none deftitute of fome Means to 

 preferve themfelves, and their Kind ; and thefe 

 Means fo effedual, that notwithftanding all the 

 Endeavours and Contrivances of Man and Beafl: 

 Co deftroy them, there is not to this Day one 

 Species loft of fuch as are mentioned in Hiftories, 

 and confequently and undoubtedly neither of 

 fuch as w^ere at firft created. 



Then for Birds of Prey, and rapacious Ani- 

 mals, it is remarkable wrhat Arifiotle obferves. 

 That they are all folitary, and go not in Flocks, 

 llaL^'\mv')(jtiv ov^h dyehaiovy no Birds of Prey are 

 gregarious. Again, that fuch Creatures do not 

 greatly multiply, rm yctfjL^o^vtl^oov oAiyorojccc Trdv 

 ra. They for the moft Part breeding and bring- 

 ing forth but one or two, or at leaft, a few 

 Young Ones at once : Whereas they that are fee-' 

 ble and timorous are generally multiparous ; or, 

 if they bring forth but a few at once, as Pigeojts^ 

 they compenfate that by their often breeding, 

 viz. every Month but two throughout the Year; 

 by this Means providing for the Continuation 

 of their Kind. But for the Security of thefe ra- 

 pacious Birds, it is worthy the noting, that be- 

 caufe a Prey is not always ready, but perhaps 

 they may fail of one fome Days, Nature hath 

 made them patient of a long inedia^ and belides, 



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