Part I. in the C?.^ ATI Q n. i 5 9 



but fuch as are deftin'd by Nature in fuch man- 

 ner as we have mention'd to fearch and gather 

 their Food ; for Nature makes not a long Neck 

 to no purpofe. 



Lajilyy Another Argument of Providence and 

 Council relating to Animals, is the various Kinds 

 of Voices the fame Animal ufes on divers Occa- 

 iions, and to different Purpofes. Hen Birds, for 

 ^Example, have a peculiar fort of Voice when 

 they would call the Male 3 which is fo eminent 

 in ^ailsy that it is taken notice of by Men, who 

 by counterfeitbig tnis Voice with a Quail-Pipe, 

 eafily draw the Cocks into their Snares. The 

 common Hen, all the while flie is broody, fits, 

 and leads her Chickens , ufes a Voice which we 

 call Clockings another ilie employs v/hen fhe calls 

 her Chickens to partake of any Food (he hath 

 found for them, upon hearing whereof they fpee« 

 dily run to her ; another when upon fight of a 

 Bird of Prey, or Apprehenfion of any Danger, 

 {he would fcare them, bidding them as it were to 

 {hift for themfelves, whereupon they fpeedily run 

 away, and feek Shelter among Bufhes, or in the 

 thick Grafs, or elfewhere difperfmg themfelves 

 far and wide. Thefe Adions do indeed neceffa- 

 rily infer Knowledge and Intention of, and Di- 

 redion to the Ends and Ufes to which they ferve, 

 not in the Birds themfelves, but in a fuperior 

 Agent, who hath put an Inftindt in them of ufing 

 fuch a Voice upon fuch an Occafion ; and in the 

 Young, of doing that upon hearing of it, which 

 by Providence was^ intended. Other Voices llie 

 hath when angry, when (he hath laid an Egg, 



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