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destroyer— his history is written in the blood of his fellows — and 
feats and cruelty and violence emblazon the chronicle even of his 
amusements.” 
Can it be possible that a work containing statements so unphilo- 
sophical and so untrue should have obtained a prize in this en- 
lightened era ! Could no enlightened friend have told him that the 
relations between the various species of animals and the evils 
which he has stated to have commenced with the fall of man, ex- 
isted for myriads of years ere man placed his foot on this wondrous 
globe. The earth is its own historian — it tells its own history, and 
that history is not written in an unknown tongue, but in characters 
palpable to human sense and intelligible to the most common un- 
derstanding. The different strata of the earth constitute the grand 
pages of its history. They mark its chronological progression, not 
by single years, but by periods of vast extent, during which mighty 
changes have been wrought, not only in the outward surface, but 
in the solid structure of the globe. 
In particular portions of the globe its productions, both vegeta- 
ble and animal, have been successively changed from marine to 
earthy, and from earthy to marine. Old races have perished, and 
new been produced, and the Creative Power, which is never quies- 
cent in the great fabric of the universe, has been perpetually active 
in the little planetary speck that constitutes the habitation of man. 
Geological science proves to demonstration, that various creations 
of animals preceded that of man. 
But is not the Doctor a little wrong, not only in his philosophy, 
but in his theology too? It may appear presumptuous for a 
veterinary surgeon to enter the lists with a Reverend Divine ; but 
truth compels us to declare, that the Scripture will not warrant the 
conclusion, that “ no animal would have died, had it not been for 
the fall of man” There is not the least foundation for supposing 
the inferior animals to be included in the sentence of death pro- 
nounced upon man, but that the sentence was exclusively restricted 
to our first progenitors. We quote Dr. Buckland for our authority, 
and we believe that there are few better authorities to be found on 
this matter. “ It behoves us,” says this eminent scholar, “ rightly to 
apprehend the import of certain passages in Scripture, which are 
by some persons interpreted to imply a larger measure of condemna- 
tion, as the consequence of Adam’s fall, than the text will fairly 
warrant ; because such interpretation, if established, would seem 
inconsistent with many phenomena of the world around us, and be- 
cause the world is crowded with evidences of death (I refer espe- 
cially to the case of extinct species of animals), comprehending 
within its influence all the inferior portion of God’s creatures, under 
times and circumstances which, we have reason to believe, admit not 
