UTILITY OF THE MAMMALIA TO MAN. 



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LESSON XIII 



UTILITY OF THE MAMMALIA TO MAN. 



ALL the "productions of nature" are designed, 

 by their Divine Author, to fulfil some wise and 

 beneficial purpose. Among the rest, the mam- 

 malia are especially useful to man ; and serve for 

 riding, for draught, for carrying burdens, and for 

 cultivating the land. For these purposes the 

 horse, the ass, the ox, the buffalo, the rein-deer, 

 the elephant, the camel, the dog, and the llama 

 are willing servants. Man also finds his prin- 

 cipal supply of food in this class of animals ; the 

 flesh of the ox, the sheep, the goat, the hog, the 

 stag, the hare, and the rabbit forming a nourish- 

 ing and palatable diet. In some countries the 

 flesh of the horse and the dog 'is much esteemed. 

 The fat, the blood, and the milk of mammalia are 

 also used as food. 



Besides these uses, many parts of animals are 

 of the utmost importance to the comfort and con- 



