234 '^^^ Naturalist in La Plata. 



to us in vain. We are only teaching the tribes of 

 that vast continent to exterminate a hundred noble 

 species they would not tame. With grief and 

 shame, even with dismay, we call to mind that 

 our country is now a' stupendous manufactory of 

 destructive engines, which we are rapidly placing 

 in the hands of all the savage and semi-savage 

 peoples of the earth, thus ensuring the speedy 

 destruction of all the finest types in the animal 

 kingdom. 



