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And what is Ploy ft ck, or Poifon to us, 
may be their Food ; and what is their 
Poifon may be our Food. 5. May not 
this fuggeft a Defign to us, that , as he 
has created fuch Vi ariety of Kmds of 
little Animal Beings, and fuited all 
with proper Suftenance and Helps, as 
we fee alma ft every different Plant and 
Shrub has its own peculiar InfeB to 
feed and cure, which , being removed 
from their own to any other Paflure, 
cannot live : I fay, this Joints to us, 
as tho he intended to confine every 
living Creature to its own proper Food, 
without fafely incroaching on the 
Rights of another ; left, in 'Time, the 
Jlronger Races fhould monopolize all 
Nutrition to themf elves, to the Starv- 
ing and Extirpating of the leffer and 
weaker Tribes , and fo have made a 
great Chafm in the Animal Creation : 
Rian, and the Creatures immediately 
fubvervient to his Purpofes, pafturmg 
at great eft Eiberiy, far more V ege- 
tables being nutritive, falubrious, and 
ufeful. 
