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and vegetable matter. In this respect they differ 

 from the natives of very hot and very cold regions. 

 People in the latter climate, it has been already 

 said, eat nothing but animal food ; and in warm 

 climates, very little but vegetable food is consumed. 

 Thus we find that the productions of nature are 

 fitted, in every country and in every climate, to 

 the peculiar wants and condition of their inhabit- 

 ants ; and thus, wherever we look, we find cause 

 to admire the wisdom, and to love the goodness, 

 of the Creator of all things. 



Questions. 



What kind of climate has our country ? 



What good effects arise from the changeableness of the 

 weather 1 



What animals are found in the greatest perfection in tem- 

 perate countries ? 



Are the cow and the sheep as valuable in hot as in tempe- 

 rate countries ? 



Do many useful vegetables grow in temperate countries ? 



What mineral productions are found very plentifully ? 



Why are these valuable articles of commerce ? 



In what respect does the diet of the natives differ from that 

 in hot and cold countries ? 



What do we discover from this circumstance ? 



Do we live in a temperate climate 1 ? 



