There is not, perhaps, in nature a more pleasing sight than the harmless innocence of the Lamb-so much gentleness and meekness are blended in its na- ture, that it often licks the hand which is raised to shed its blood, and deprive it of life.

What a charming moralist this to an envious and bad mind! Indeed there are scarce any of the brute creation that from duty, foresight and knowledge, do not teach a thinking mind lessons of wisdom and virtue. A dog has often been known to save his master's life when drowning, and to preserve him from the fierce attack of the robber.

That parental care which every female shows for her young, is strong beyond thought, and often, perhaps, more than that of human nature itself, with all its parade of knowledge. A Cat carries her young from place to place in her mouth, to preserve then? from what she conceives dangerous to their peace.

The birds too may claim equal praise with what caution and delight do they teach their young to try their unfledged wings, and to gather the scanty pittance that nature affords ! and it is no less a truth, that if one of their brood be tied by the leg to the tree or bush where the nest was, the mother will not forsake it, but seek for it the usual food, and feed it with the same care as when in its infant state.

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