the one band, to the highest manifestations of civilized 

 ingenuity on the other, man has brought into action 

 those glorious attributes with which his Creator lias en- 

 dowed him, and has thus established his claim to the 

 title of " Creation's Lord." Here the tenants of the 

 forest and the denizens of the plain have alike found a j 

 resting-place ; here the peaceable and the ferocious re- j 

 main in quiet contact. For this has Nature surrendered I 

 her stores, Art exhausted its ingenuity, Enterprise ran- 

 sacked the treasures of the earth, Discovery lent its aid 



to diversify the scene, and Antiquity displayed its 

 choicest relics even though embedded in the rust of 

 ages. Let him lemember to prize — to appreciate — the 

 information he will gain, and, like a careful economist, 

 preserve the pearls of wisdom collected in his youth, 

 to be the pride and ornament of his old age. 



