...the brethren of their birth ; Nature, who loves the claim of kind, Less cruel chase to each assign'd. The falcon, poised on soaring wing, Watches the wild-duck...Gush's mighty son, At first the bloody game begun. a The Indian, prowling for his prey, Who hears the settlers track his way, And knows in distant forest...

...most savage animosity. Rosel endeavoured to rear several specimens ' '* Even Tyger fell and »ullen Bear Their likeness and their lineage spare. Man only...nature's plan, And turns the fierce pursuit on Man ! " Scott's Rokeby, canto iii. I. b Reaumur, ii. 413. e De Geer, i. 533. iii. 361. v. 400. vi.91, of...

...the brethren of their birth ; Nature, who loves the claim of kind, Less cruel chase to each assign'd. The falcon, poised on soaring wing, Watches the wild-duck...lineage spare. Man, only, mars kind Nature's plan, And turn's the fierce pursuit on man ; Plying war's desultory trade, Incursions, flight, and ambuscade,...

...greyhound presses on the hare; The eaj;Je pounces on the lamb, The wolf devours the fleecy dam; Even tiger fell, and sullen bear, Their likeness and their lineage...Man, only, mars kind Nature's plan, And turns the Itérer pursuit on man; Plying war's desultory trade, Incursion, Might, and amhuseade, Since Nimrod,...

...man is the only animal who preys on his own species. According to Sir Walter Scott, Even the tiger fell, and sullen bear, Their likeness and their lineage...nature's plan, And turns the fierce pursuit on man*, The praying mantis (Mantis oraforia, I^INN.) is one of these cannibal insects. Sir J, E. Smith tells...

...brutal. No ! it is not brutal, Even the tiger fell, and sullen bear, Their likeness and their image spare; Man only mars kind nature's plan, And turns the fierce pursuit on man. We were made as little to be man-killers as man-eaters. Every enlightened and pure mind, not seduced...

...waging war upon each other. " Even llger fell and sullen bear Their likeness and their lineage apare, Man only mars kind nature's plan, And turns the fierce pursuit on man." t The natural position of the present genus seems to be that assigned it by Mr Curtis, viz. between...

...The falcon, pois'd on soaring wing, Watches the wild-duck of the spring; The slow-hound wakes i\ie fox's lair, The greyhound presses on the hare ; The...trade, Incursion, flight and ambuscade, Since Nimrod, Cush's mighty son At first the bloody game begun. Predatory animals are those which subsist upon the...

...wolf devours the fleecy dam : Even tiger fell, and sullen bear, Their likeness and their lineage span, e loaded his huge hand ; In which was wrote of many a fallen land, Of e ; Flying war's desultory trade, Incursion, flight, and ambuscade,7 Since Nimrod, Gush's mighty son,...

...produve very indigestible fruit.—You cannot open a lock till you apply (Ac right key." " Man only man kind Nature's plan, And turns the fierce pursuit on...trade, Incursion, flight, and ambuscade; Since Nimrod, Cush'a mighty son, At first the bloody game began." Roh&y. • " as he said, A bullet whistled o'er...