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let US now give thanks because we have again set our eyes on all 

 those things upon which we live. We are thankful that we again 

 see all these things. 



"So now, too, this assembly of people, such as it is. is giving 

 thanks this day. He willed that there shall continue to grow on the 

 earth all manner of herbs, and, too, that these shall be for use as 

 medicines, which shall be, each and every one, a succor and support 

 to the people; they shall be for medicine. 



" So now, too, this assembly of people, such as it is, is giving 

 thanks this day. He willed that there shall grow various kinds of 

 flowers on the earth, and that among these shall grow continually 

 strawberries. So, too, let us give thanks because these are for our 

 pleasure and contentment. 



" So now, too, this assembly of people, such as it is, is giving 

 thanks this day. He willed that there shall grow shrubs on the 

 earth continually, and that all these shall be foi* medicines for man- 

 kind at all times. So, too, let us give thanks that these are giving us 

 perfect satisfaction and comfort, and because these shrubs are our 

 own aid and sustenance. 



" So now, too, this assembly of people, such as it is, is giving 

 thanks this day. He willed that other shrubs and trees in groves 

 shall ever grow to maturity on which various fruits and berries shall 

 ever hang in abundance. So, too, let us give thanks because these 

 fruit-bearing shrubs and trees grow continually, giving us at all 

 times abundantly contentment and pleasure. 



" So now, too, this assembly of people, such as it is, is giving 

 thanks this day. He willed that there shall be forests that shall 

 continually reproduce themselves by growth, which shall continue 

 to be at all times helpful to mankind, ' whom I have placed on the 

 earth.' So, too, let us be thankful that our minds ai'e contented for 

 the reason that the forests grow. 



" So now, too, this assembly of people, such as it is, is giving 

 thanks this day. He willed that in the forests which shall continue 

 to grow there shall live and inci'ease all manner of game animals in 

 utmost variety. So, too, let us give thanks for this bountiful {pro- 

 vision, because in full measure and number the game animals are 

 abundant in the growing forests, as intended by him, and they are 

 ever the full means of giving us pleasure and contentment while we 

 dwell on the earth. 



" So now, too, this assembly of people, such as it is, is giving 

 thanks this day. He willed that there shall be growing forests in 

 which there shall be certain trees from which (maple) sap shall 

 habitually fall in its season. So, too, let us give thanks because there 

 still grow here and there maple trees, for we still can look upon 

 maple sugar. 



