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arising from your own overloaded stomach, and 

 what with the stagnant air in the room, we shall 

 be overpowered at last, do what we can to keep 

 our action up ; and then, for want of having 

 your window an inch or two open (which would 

 put every thing to rights in our department), 

 when you least expect it, you will be called 

 away to your long account by a fatal fit of 

 apoplexy. 



ON BEAUTY IN THE ANIMAL CREATION. 



Every species in the great family of animated 

 nature is perfect in its own way, and most ad- 

 mirably adapted to the sphere of life in which 

 an all-ruling Providence has ordered it to move. 

 Could we divest ourselves of the fear which we 

 have of the serpent, and forget for a while the 

 dislike which we invariably show to the toad, 

 both these animals would appear beautiful in 

 our eyes ; for, to say nothing of the brilliant 

 colours which adorn the snake, there is won- 

 derful grace and elegance in the gliding pro- 

 gress, wherein this reptile's symmetry appears 

 to such great advantage. 



