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THE SEAL. 
toryastudy,” observed Miss Winston, “you 
will find that what I have told you is only 
a very faint shadowing forth of the wonders 
which are to be found in its pages. No 
writer of Arabian tales or fairy stories ever 
imagined beings so wonderful, so beautiful 
and so fantastic as thousands of what are 
called the lower orders of the Animal King¬ 
dom. Their numbers are beyond all calcu¬ 
lation; their varieties exceed belief; yet 
every one is perfect in its kind, and provi¬ 
sion is made ’ for the wants of each in that 
element wherein it abides. From the ele¬ 
phant and the lion to the insect upon the 
rose-leaf and the little infusoria which light 
up the waters of the ocean, no microscope 
can detect any imperfection ; but the further 
the researches of science are pushed the 
more cause does the naturalist see to glorify 
and adore Him who made the sea and all 
that therein is,—the earth and they that 
dwell thereon.” 
“I think,” said Richard, “that the study 
of Natural History, when properly pursued, 
must make people humane towards ani¬ 
mals.” 
“ That is undoubtedly the proper effect 
