THE BOOR OF BEASTS, 
 
 FOR YOUNG PERSOxNS. 
 
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 |hk Elephant, largest of all, 
 
 And strongest of quadruped race, 
 praws more than six horses could move ; 
 Large ears, little eyes, and long face : 
 
 [lis trunk is the organ of breath, [smell, 
 Through which he can drink and can 
 |Tear up trees/ or pick up a pin; 
 With his tusks all assailants repel. 
 
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The Tiger, most savage and fierce, 
 His body is marked with dark streaks 
 
 His sadden ferocious attacks 
 
 Bear down all the prey which he seeks; 
 
 The Indians hunt these wild beasts, 
 A fav'rite diversion, with care; 
 
 The prince and the hunters take horse* 
 And dogs turn him out of his lair. 
 
THE TAME RABBIT 
 
 Is much prettier than the wild, will 
 feed from our hands, and run in and 
 out ofhis hutch as he pleases. Rabbits 
 are kept in warrens, where they make 
 holes or burrows. It is amusing to 
 see these active animals dart from and 
 into their hiding places in great num- 
 bers, appearing something like a mov- 
 ing hill. They are pleasant and sweet 
 food, and their skins make warm trim- 
 ming for ladies' dresses. Their fur is 
 used in making hats. 
 
The Cow gives us butter and cheese, 
 Nice milk, and for tea gives us cream 
 
 Her beef is most excellent food, 
 
 All pure from the mead and the stream 
 
 Her skin serves for boots and for shoes, 
 Vaccination comes from her aid ; 
 
 Her blood is for sugar refined, 
 
 Her horns into combs too are made. 
 
THE STAG OR RAINDEER 
 
 Is frequently hunted by huntsmen 
 and hounds. The skin of the stag is made 
 into soft leather, the bones make harts- 
 horn; the flesh is daintv food, called 
 venison ; knife-handles are made of the 
 horns. Herds of deer are kept in large 
 parks. In Lapland the Raindeer will 
 draw a sledge over the snow. 
 
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 The Ass is of burden the beast, 
 And useful extremely to man : 
 
 Contented with plainest of food, 
 But renders all service he can : 
 
 With treatment most cruel he's mild, 
 Asses milk the sick's cordial's been ; 
 
 For various uses their skin, 
 Converted to leather shagreen. 
 
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THE SHEEP 
 
 Is a most useful animal, its flesh is- 
 excellent food, and its wool supplies us 
 with warm clothing: is very gentle, 
 and lives by grazing. Their skin, when 
 tanned, becomesleather, or is made into 
 parchment, which are used by book- 
 binders and others. The entrails of the 
 sheep are made into strings for violins, 
 and their bones into knife-handles. The 
 wool of Merino sheep is of fine texture. 
 
The Zebra from African clime, 
 
 A beautiful quadruped kind ; 
 Smooth hair, is most pleasingly striped, 
 If we view him before or behind : 
 
 Ferocious, untractable, wild, 
 
 So shy, that from man takes his flight 
 The female is streaked white and black, 
 The male alternate brown and white. 
 
In anger, erects his rough mane, 
 His eyes appear fiery and bright ; 
 
 pe springs on the beasis he would slay, 
 Can bear off an ox in his flight. 
 
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 For Pigs we must look in the sty, 
 
 Devouring voraciouslv all 
 The food that comes in their way, 
 
 From parlour, and kitchen, and hall. 
 
 While living, the pig's of no use, 
 But killed, all his carcase is good ; 
 
 The bacon, the sparib, raised pie, 
 And griskin is savory food : 
 
 The bristles are made into brushes, 
 Shoe-bristles for needles instead ; 
 
 The skin is converted to leather, 
 
 And thus the pigs useful when dead. 
 
THE HORSE 
 Is a very useful animal to man- 
 kind, to carry persons or burthens, or 
 to draw a carriage from one place to 
 another. The English hunter and 1 he 
 Arabian horses are noble animals. An 
 Arab refused a large price offered for 
 his horse, to be presented to the king, 
 because it might not be used well bv 
 other persons. Horses should be treated 
 with kindness, and never be over-driven 
 be von d theii strength. 
 
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 The Cat's much attach 'd to her home, 
 The guard of the kitchen and house ; 
 
 From attic to cellar will roam, 
 
 In search of the rat and the mouse. 
 
 The kitten, for play and for fun, 
 Will run after marble or ball ; 
 
 The cat, like the tiger, is fierce, 
 And puss is well known to us all. 
 
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[HE TWO-FOOTED MOUSE, OR 
 
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 The head and whiskers and the fore 
 paws are like a mouse, the hind legs 
 are long, and it has a very long tail; 
 lives in caverns and dark places, is 
 plavful and alert, and seeks its food bv 
 night ; it is a native of Africa and 
 Siberia, and in Egypt is used as food. 
 
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 The Dog's the companion of man, 
 With faithful attachment is found ; 
 
 Guards houses and hunts for our game; 
 Is lurcher, or terrier, grey-hound: 
 
 And who has not heard of their fame, 
 In regions of snow, or in strife, 
 
 Where dogs, or by water or land, 
 
 Have oft by their care preserved life ? 
 
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 THE BEAR 
 Appears like a clumsy creature, his 
 body thick, legs strong, neck short, 
 covered with long thick fur ; he is soli- 
 tary and ferocious, lives in unfrequented 
 deserts and precipices, in hollow trees, 
 or amid or near to polar seas of ice ; 
 he sleeps much during the win- 
 ter, and climbs trees with facility in 
 chase of prey or escape from danger.