112 DEFENCE AGAINbf ANIMALS OF 
each other's heads ; and, as they mostly leave the 
trees in pairs, and in pairs return, I am led to 
conjecture that their union is not dissolved at the 
period when the young no longer need parental 
aid. 
He who is fond of rural scenes, and loves to 
rove 
" On a mountain's lonely van, 
Beyond the noise of busy man, 
Painting fair the form of things, 
While the yellow linnet sings. 
Or the tuneful nightingale 
Charms the forest with her tale," 
will never bring his mind to drive away this playful 
merry bird, or allow his gardener to take its life, 
for the value of a handful of cherries. 
DEFENCE AGAINST ANIMALS OF THE FE- 
LINE AND CANINE TRIBES. 
A MAN, at some period or other of his life, may have 
the misfortune to come in contact with the larger 
individuals of these two desperate and sanguinary- 
races of quadrupeds. Perhaps a few hints of a pre- 
cautionary nature, in case of collision, may not be 
altogether unacceptable to the reader. 
The dog and the lion are both most formidable 
foes to an unarmed man ; and it is singular enough 
that the very resistance which he would be forced 
to make, in order to escape being worried by the 
