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OBITUARY. 
ADAPTATION OF THE SOIL TO THE WANTS OF MAN. 
Examining the nature and formation of soil for the sup- 
port of vegetation, how it delights the heart to see the gra- 
cious provision for man’s benefit and enjoyment prepared for 
him before he was called to possess* them ! All was done — 
everything was finished, perfected, and declared to be “ very 
good” — before he for whom they were all made was created 
and placed over them. Every tree, every plant, every grass, 
every moss, every lichen, was blooming, or fruiting, or sprout- 
ing, or putting forth new and beautiful forms, as they ex- 
panded to the glorious sunbeams in a sinless and sorrowless 
world. Everything was ready and waiting to minister to 
the pleasure of the being who was to have dominion over all. 
Every combination of original matter was arranged and made, 
every variety of natural objects was formed, out of the simple 
substances which it pleased God to put as His working instru- 
ment when “ the earth was without form and void, and 
darkness was upon the face of the deep.” 
OBITUARY. 
We deeply regret having to record the death of Mr. 
Karkeek, of Truro. His private and professional worth alike 
require that we should join in a tribute to his memory; we 
therefore readily give insertion to the following extracts from 
the papers which have been kindly forwarded to us, as being 
equally expressive of our feelings as of those of the respec- 
tive writers. The immediate cause of this melancholy event 
is thus stated in the Plymouth, Hevonport , and Stonehov.se 
Herald : 
“ On Sunday, the 13th of June, Mr. Karkeek, veterinary 
surgeon, of Truro, was called to attend an urgent case in the 
neighbourhood of Camelford, where some horses belonging 
to Mr. Pridham, coach proprietor, had been struck by light- 
ning. He and Mr. Pridham were returning in a gig, the 
horse being one of Mr. PridhanTs, and too large for the 
shafts, in consequence of which, the shafts pressing upon the 
animal, he started off when between Camelford and Wade- 
bridge (Mr. Pridham driving at the time), and at length up- 
set the gig, throwing out Mr. Karkeek and Mr. Pridham with 
