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To The Editor.
We read in holy writ , that after the fall of man the whole creation had felt the displeasure of the Almi ghty , and that the harmony previously existing between man ancl the brute creation had ceased , ancl that the friendly caresses of the latter were turned into surly murmurs , and signs of determined hostility towards their late friend .
Man , iuiiy sensible oi his well-merited disgrace , and left to seek his future existence in a wide world , had hope and confidence in his offended God to console him . Being exposed to the vicissitudes of the seasons , as well as to the ferocity of his former companions in the blissful , but forfeited regions , who had now become his foes , had to seek an asylum for his safety , and food for his support . Rocky caves at first served him for shelter ; and to provide for his future existence , he sought the friendship of the more gentle of the brute creationbwhose services he
, y was enabled to cultivate the land . He observed the various means by which they procured food , and thus laid the first foundation for his future existence . From the instinctive acts of many of these animals he was taught to form tools for opening the earth for the reception of seeds ; and found an expert teacher in that much despised animal , the boar , who in turning up the earth with his broad and formidable tusks in search of food , gave him the first idea of the spade , and subsequently that of the hshareThe industrious
ploug . bee gave him a fair specimen of a comfortable dwelling , by the many cellular divisions in the construction of its comb in hollow trees and other such cavities . The same insect taught him to store up provisions to supply his wants , when nature ' s operations are at rest during the more inclement seasons ot the year . The cunning beaver also presented to man a striking example of the art of architectural neatness for imitation , in his elegant castle , erected near a basin or stream of water , through which he entered into its downy apartments . A griculture and architecture probabl y drew their small beginning from the imitation of the instinctive acts of the brute creation .
The many disorganizations to which the animal frame is subject , make us seek means of relief ; ancl here again the dog and other carnivorous animals present us with a fair example for imitation , by the recourse they have to the vegetable kingdom , where by eating the sharp points of the rye-grass they cure their diseases . Herbal treatment by the medical faculty having been in practice for several centuries , has not improbably had its origin from the imitation of those innocent remedies ht b
soug y the brutes who surround us . It is said that the antelope , when wounded , extracts the arrow , and by licking the wound keeps it clean , and cures it . The scaly covering of the armadillo , and the strong shield with which nature has protected the turtle and other such armed animals , have probably given the warrior the idea of imitating those natural defences , by covering their bodies against the sword and the with network of steeland with shields of iron and brass
spear , . The aquatic birds , whose swift and playful motions on the watery element , may probabl y have given the first navigator some idea how to construct his machinery for navigating rivers and seas ; in this undertaking , the elegant swan may have served him as a model in forming the mast , by the long and upri ght neck of that bird , and his sails by his bay-shaped wings , and his paddles and rudder by his broad webb y
• The art of weaving may have had its origin by imitating that sly and decoying insect , the spider , which , on leaving its downybirth-place , immediatel y spins a web , and laying in ambush , cunningly watches the approach
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
To The Editor.
We read in holy writ , that after the fall of man the whole creation had felt the displeasure of the Almi ghty , and that the harmony previously existing between man ancl the brute creation had ceased , ancl that the friendly caresses of the latter were turned into surly murmurs , and signs of determined hostility towards their late friend .
Man , iuiiy sensible oi his well-merited disgrace , and left to seek his future existence in a wide world , had hope and confidence in his offended God to console him . Being exposed to the vicissitudes of the seasons , as well as to the ferocity of his former companions in the blissful , but forfeited regions , who had now become his foes , had to seek an asylum for his safety , and food for his support . Rocky caves at first served him for shelter ; and to provide for his future existence , he sought the friendship of the more gentle of the brute creationbwhose services he
, y was enabled to cultivate the land . He observed the various means by which they procured food , and thus laid the first foundation for his future existence . From the instinctive acts of many of these animals he was taught to form tools for opening the earth for the reception of seeds ; and found an expert teacher in that much despised animal , the boar , who in turning up the earth with his broad and formidable tusks in search of food , gave him the first idea of the spade , and subsequently that of the hshareThe industrious
ploug . bee gave him a fair specimen of a comfortable dwelling , by the many cellular divisions in the construction of its comb in hollow trees and other such cavities . The same insect taught him to store up provisions to supply his wants , when nature ' s operations are at rest during the more inclement seasons ot the year . The cunning beaver also presented to man a striking example of the art of architectural neatness for imitation , in his elegant castle , erected near a basin or stream of water , through which he entered into its downy apartments . A griculture and architecture probabl y drew their small beginning from the imitation of the instinctive acts of the brute creation .
The many disorganizations to which the animal frame is subject , make us seek means of relief ; ancl here again the dog and other carnivorous animals present us with a fair example for imitation , by the recourse they have to the vegetable kingdom , where by eating the sharp points of the rye-grass they cure their diseases . Herbal treatment by the medical faculty having been in practice for several centuries , has not improbably had its origin from the imitation of those innocent remedies ht b
soug y the brutes who surround us . It is said that the antelope , when wounded , extracts the arrow , and by licking the wound keeps it clean , and cures it . The scaly covering of the armadillo , and the strong shield with which nature has protected the turtle and other such armed animals , have probably given the warrior the idea of imitating those natural defences , by covering their bodies against the sword and the with network of steeland with shields of iron and brass
spear , . The aquatic birds , whose swift and playful motions on the watery element , may probabl y have given the first navigator some idea how to construct his machinery for navigating rivers and seas ; in this undertaking , the elegant swan may have served him as a model in forming the mast , by the long and upri ght neck of that bird , and his sails by his bay-shaped wings , and his paddles and rudder by his broad webb y
• The art of weaving may have had its origin by imitating that sly and decoying insect , the spider , which , on leaving its downybirth-place , immediatel y spins a web , and laying in ambush , cunningly watches the approach