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fugar-loaf; — fuch as the pine and the fir, whofe 
apples are familiar to every body. 
Their leaves are alternate, fliooting out at once, 
or penetrating through a pod, and yielding flowers, 
of which each fex, by turns, embellifhes the dif- 
ferent twigs from one feafon to another, in con- 
tinual clufters, and never-ceafing fucceffion. 
Thus have we reviewed many glorious works, 
without wifhing to trefpafs on any reader’s pa- 
tience. 
But, however concife or imperfeft thefe fketches 
may be, let us hope that they will enable a young 
Undent to form a juft idea of all animals, by exa- 
mining their faces, manners, complexion, and dif- 
pofition, while, with reverence, he confiders thofe 
wife views of Providence for which they were 
defigned. 
With thefe impreflions, afpiring to know more, 
the liberal-minded fcholar will then conclude by 
faying Such is the boafted privilege of man ; 
the creature endowed with the greateft gifts of 
Heaven, reafon, fpeech, and fuch fuperior inteh 
le6l^ as render him the fovereign lord on earth ! 
FINIS. 
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