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parade of ufelefs declamation, and fhail only 
add, that as few countries receive more ad- 
vantages from their natural breed of quadru- 
peds, unmixed with any beaft that preys 
on man, fo, few can boaft a greater variety 
of birds, whether local, or migratory. 
This is a general view of the natural hif- 
tory of our own country; why then fhould 
we neglect inquiring into the various benefits 
that refult from thefe inftances of the wifdom 
of our. Creator, which his divine munifi- 
cence has fo liberally, and fo immediately 
placed before us? Such a neglect is certain- 
ly highly to be blamed, for (to exprefs 
ourfelves in the words of an eminent writer) 
“the Creator did not beftow fo much 
“< curiofity, and workmanfhip on his crea-. 
“‘ tures, to be looked on with a carelefs in- 
“* curious eye, efpecially to have them flight- 
“‘ed or contemned; but to be admired by 
‘* the rational part of the world, to magnify 
“* his own power to all the world, and the 
“* ages thereof; and fince the works of the 
“creation are all of them fo many demon- 
‘* {trations of the infinite wifdom and power 
‘© of God, they may ferve to us, as fo ma- 
** ny arguments exciting us to a conftant fear 
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