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truth of this representation of the subject 

 where wild beasts are kept. Even the 

 most ferocious and precipitate animals of 

 the cat species do not seem to be insensible 

 of kindness, or devoid of affection and at- 

 tachment to those that feed them. We 

 see the tygers pleased, and purring and 

 rubbing their head and sides against the 

 cautiously out-stretched hand of their keep- 

 er, but if food be presented to them, the 

 scene is changed in an instant ; we then 

 see the symbol of fury, with outstretched 

 claws, glaring eyes, growling with open 

 mouth, ready to destroy that which it 

 wishes to devour. We see them tear any 

 thing presented to them, nay, even champ- 

 ing their food with a kind of rage, as if 

 they were more gratified by its destruction, 

 than by the satiation of hunger. Had they 

 reason, they would be aware that this fury 

 is both unnecessary and useless. We see 

 a great variety of animal character, we see 



