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The Lion- 
 
 The Lion is one of the stronorest 
 and fiercest • of wild beasts. The 
 bible says, '• The righteous Is bold 
 .as a Lion." But wicked men are 
 stron^x also ; the psalmist prayed 
 tliat God would ''save him from the 
 lion's mouth." You recollect about 
 Daniel in the lion's den : God sent 
 an angel, and shut the lion's mouth. 
 
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 Tli3 Elephant. 
 
 The Elephant is reckoned the 
 most intellect.iial animal in the cre;i- 
 tion after man. Nature, always im- 
 pnrlial in the distribution of !ier gifts, 
 has given this bulky quidruped a 
 quick instinct nearly r.pproaciiing to 
 reason, in compensation lor tlie iin- 
 couthncss and ili-shapedness of his 
 body. 
 

 Tlie Karse. 
 
 Tile Horse is bred now in most 
 parts of ihe world : those of Arabin, 
 Turkev, and Persia, are accounted as 
 belter proportioned tiian many others ; 
 but the English race may justly claim 
 the precedence overall the European 
 breed, and are not inferior to all the 
 rest in point of strength and beaiity. 
 
The Owl- 
 Gray, in his beautiful " Elegy in 
 a Country Church Yard," expresses 
 himself ia the following manner : 
 
 from yonder ivy mantled low 'r 
 
 The moping ov/i does to tlie nior.n complain 
 
 Of sucii, who, wandering near her secret 
 bow'r, 
 ^Iplest !ier ancient solitary rei;^;n. 
 
The Bull. 
 
 The Bull is a very stronj,^ fierce 
 creature ; bis sti-ength, in all his body, 
 is very great, but particularly about 
 the heaci and neck : his forehead seems 
 10 be made tor fight, having short 
 thick horlis,, with wliich he can toss 
 up into the aiV a large dog and otlier 
 ■weigiity things. 
 
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 Sheep- 
 
 This •aniriial is one of the most 
 useful that nature ever subuiited to 
 the empire of man ; and in patriarchal 
 life, the number of Sheep conslitii U'd 
 the ricfies of kings and princes. Tlie 
 Ewe goes with youn^ about twenty 
 weeks, and the Iniiib has alw^nys been 
 considered an emhien. of innocence. 
 

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 half afraid he first 
 
 Against the window beats: then, brisk, alights' 
 On ih,e warm hearth — then, hoppiijg on the 
 
 floor 
 Eyes ail the S;r.il;ng family askance, 
 And pecks, £L,nd starta, and wonders where he 
 
 is, 
 'Till n-ora famJLliar grown, the tabic crurabs 
 Auract his slender feet. 
 
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 The Sow, 
 
 The general colour of the Sow, 
 varies considerably, as in all domes- 
 tic animals; the snout is long, strong 
 and broad, well calculated to cast up 
 the earth for food. Tlie fertility of 
 the Sow is very o-reat, as each litter 
 generally . amounts to between nine 
 and fifteen pigs. 
 
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 The Whale 
 
 part Imge of bulk 
 
 M^ allowing, uliwieMly, enormous in their gate, 
 Tempest of the ocean. There Leviathan, 
 liugest of living creatures, on the deep 
 Stretch'd like a promontory, sleeps or swims, 
 .\nd seems a moving L'md ; and at his giils 
 i)rav/3 in., and at liis trunk spouts out, a sea. 
 
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 Tho Dago 
 
 The Do,e takes care of his master's 
 property ; he follows him about, and 
 v;i}l not let any body hurt him. If 
 a stranger comes, he barks to let his 
 master know it. He is easily taught 
 a great many useful thin^rs. A shep- 
 herd's dog will not let the sh^?ep go 
 astray. 
 
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 The author of the '' Splendi.? ShH- 
 h'n"-" ffives us the foUowinj? dcscrip- 
 lion of this domestic aiviuKu : 
 
 Grimalkin to domestic vern-.im sv/orn 
 An everlasting foe, with watchful eye 
 J.ies rightlv brooding o'er a chinky ^^p 
 jVoteiiding'her (V^ll claws ^^ ihous^dci* mics 
 Sr.ure ruirs. ' • 
 
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 The Sq'ixirreL 
 
 Tt:e Squirrel is of a deep reddish 
 brown colour ; his breast and belly 
 white. He is a lively, sagacious, 
 docile, and nimble : helivesupon nuts, 
 and has been seen so tame as to dive 
 and searcii into the pocket of his mis- 
 tress, after ai:i almond or a lumj) of 
 sugar. 
 
The Rat. 
 
 The Rat is about four times as big 
 as a mouse, but of a dusky colour, 
 wi'vh white under the belly. This a- 
 nimal is so attached to our dwelliniji;s, 
 that it is almost impossible to destroy 
 the breed when they have once taken 
 a liking to any particular pUce. 
 
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