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The Woodpecker, who is obliged to pierce 
the trees, has a very {trong beak, and a curious 
it is armed with a bony point, and covered with a 
kind of glue, to fecure its prey. 
The Nuthatch, with many birds of the Raven 
kind, provides a winter ftore, 
he Bee Eater, Hoppoe, and Creepers, pre- 
a infects from increafing too faft. 
The curious tongue of the Humming Bird, is 
well contrived to draw the honey from flowers. 
We fhall therefore find, that if birds had the 
fame fenfe that we hav e, they would all liave great 
| reafon to thank that Being, who has taught them 
to get food and to take care of themfelves, For 
there is not a quadruped, or a bird, or an infect, 
which he does not prdvide for. , 
_ Little boys and girls, whom he has made capa- 
ble of thinking, fhould never forget thefe things ; 
» but whenever they eat, or drink, and are kaon 
Tet them always confider, how much they are 
i oes to that knid Being for all they enjoy, 
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‘tongue which he can dart out to a great diftance ;. 
