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REVIEW-GIRARD ON THE TEETH 
particular situations. The inhabitants of the deep seem also 
amenable to this law ; for we are told that there is not a sinole 
animal of the Northern Ocean of the same specific character 
as those in the South Seas. 
The simple fact itself, that every country has its peculiar 
animals, affords a strong proof of design, and of adaptation of 
means to an end ; and, in our humble opinion, the reverend 
author, if he had avoided speculative opinions, that wear such 
an aspect of the marvellous as to appear out of the regular course 
of nature, and confined himself more to the domain of natural 
history, would have much better fulfilled the wishes of the late 
Earl of Bridgewater in the present treatise. 
When we reflect on and endeavour to estimate the countless 
number and endless variety of objects in the animal world, and 
farther consider the manifold attributes and characteristics of 
those only which are familiar to us, we cannot but wonder at 
and reverence the omnipotence of the Creator. He made every 
living thing after its kind formed it with organs and senses 
peculiarly and wisely adapted to its natural situation, and for its 
destined purposes; endowed it with instinct and faculties to 
obtain its own subsistence, to guard its life, and perpetuate its 
species. From the monstrous leviathan of the deep to the 
smallest insect that lives in the waters; from the unwieldy and 
sagacious elephant to the most minute animal that moves on the 
earth—there are regular and systematic gradations—there are 
uniformity, harmony, and infinite design ; and the omniscience of 
God is as truly manifested in the organization of an insect as in 
the boundless range of the multitudinous creation. 
Traiie de VAge du Cheval, par A'. F. GiRAitBy &c. 
[Continued from p. 537.] 
An account of the teeth of the hog, extracted from this au¬ 
thor, will render the account of the age of domesticated animals 
complete to those who are in possession of the first edition. 
We are aware that a knowledge of the age of the hog, by the 
inspection of his teeth, will not often be of much importance. 
We have rarely recourse to them in order to judge whether the 
animal is young or old ; nor, indeed, could we do it without 
much trouble and some danger; still it may occasionally be 
interesting to know something of the matter, and especially with 
reference to those intended for breeding. 
The hog has in each jaw six incisor teeth, two tushes, and 
