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THE 
CANADIAN 
NATURALIST. 
down houses and barns. — How great is the power of God ! 
who can arm with such resistless force an agent so impal- 
pable, so invisible, as the air : so that a substance which 
in ordinary circumstances is not only pleasant and inno- 
cent, but absolutely indispensable to the continuance of our 
existence, may become the swift messenger of our destruc- 
tion. Well may we say with Elihu, with God is terrible 
majesty ! " 
