no TRAVELS IN 
fo by education, fubmit without refiftance to 
the yoke impofed on them, and bear with 
confiderable calmnefs even blows and wounds, 
as well as the application of remedies to cure 
them. But it is not the fame with wild 
animals and beafts of prey. To thefe every 
kind of force is infufferable: pain irritates 
them ; if acute, it renders them furious ; and 
their madnefs rages to fiich a pitch, that, if un- 
able in their captivity to wreak their vengeance 
on their enemy, they frequently deftroy them- 
felves. 
It appears that, among the multitude of 
animals difperfed over the furface of the earth, 
there is a certain number deftlned by nature to 
the fervice of man : at leaft there are fome 
which have apparently a more docile difpofi- 
tion, or are more eafily tamed ; and this cir- 
cumftance diftinguifhes them from thofe which 
are dangerous or hurtful from their natural 
ferocity. The quality of v^hich I am fpeaking 
truly indicates the faperiority of man; and, 
without fearching for its caufe in miracjes or 
myftic reveries, our experience on this head is 
fufficient to excite all our admiration. 
In every country throughout the globe, man 
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