248 THE liMDUStRIES OF ANIMALS. 



exaggeration, that Man excels in all the arts, of 

 which only scattered rudiments are found among 

 the other animals ; and we may safeguard our pride 

 by affirming that we need not fear comparison. If 

 our intelligence is not essentially different from that 

 of animals, we have the satisfaction of knowing that 

 it is much superior to theirs. 



