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sheep as the eagle is to the pigeon; the crocodile to 
the slender wall lizard; the shark to the mullet; 
the scorpion to the shrimp; the hornet to the aphis; 
the sepia octopus to the earth worm?; the thorn, 
the bramble, the thistle, the nettle, the aloe, and 
the cactus to the cabbage, the spinache, and the 
purslane. On the front of each, on one side, appears 
inscribed Noli me tangere ; on the other, Yielding 
and mild inoffensiveness. 
We may here extend our notice to the column 
Covering. 
The rhinoceros, the porcupine, the manis, the ar- 
madillo are clad in external armour, of which man 
and most animals are destitute; none indeed being 
without adequate compensation : man, the most bare, 
having reason, TS Kal cidypov wkd Kat wip Kat mavra, by 
which (not without his share of instinct, and fur- 
ther aid of divine instruction) he softens metals, and 
gives form to rocks, marches on the ocean, mounts 
the air, controls the steam, and gas, and fire, and 
the electric fluid to his purposes ; 
“« The powers of all subdued by this alone, 
Is not this reason, all these powers in one ?” 
Pope, Ep. I. 231. 
The plumage of some birds is compact, stiff, and 
redundant: that of the turkey is remarkable among 
the larger, of the humming bird among the smaller 
» Meckel says of the mollusca generally, “‘ Les acéphales sont 
zoophages, les gasteropodes, la plupart, phytophages. ” 
