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liquid taken out with buckets. It becomes solid as it 
cools, and it is afterwards made into candles, &c. 
When we reflect that the same Power whose will has 
formed the immense bulk of this marine monster has also 
given animation, senses, and passions to the smallest of 
the microscopic animalcules, how lowered must be tlie 
pride of man, who, standing in the middle, and nearly 
at equal distance from both, is yet unable to comprehend 
the mechanism which puts them in motion, and much less 
that intelligence and power which has given them life, 
and has assigned to them their respective stations in tlin 
universe ! Let us then exclaim, with astonishment and 
gratitude, with the psalmist : " O Lord, how inscrutable 
are thy ways, how magnificent thy works !" 
THE DOLPHIN. (Dolphinus delplds.} 
THIS animal, like the whale, is not considered a fish, 
though it lives in the water. It has warm blood, and it 
suckles its young, which are born alive. It has also lungs 
instead of gills; and it is obliged to raise its head above 
the surface of the water to breathe. 
The Dolphin is from six to ten feet in length. The body 
is roundish, growing gradually less towards the tail ; the 
nose is long and pointed, the skin smooth, the back black 
