Produced by Colin Bell, David Wilson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) +----------------------------------------------------+ | | | HISTORY 11 | | OF | | BEASTS. | | | | | | [Illustration] | | | | | | PORTLAND: | | BAILEY & NOYES | | | +----------------------------------------------------+ HISTORY OF BEASTS. [Illustration] PORTLAND: BAILEY & NOYES. [Illustration] THE CAT The cat is a very useful domestic animal. She destroys the rats and mice, which otherwise would do much injury. God has formed her to live among men. How soft her fur is! How quietly she lies and purs when she is treated kindly! How patiently she will sit, for many hours together, and watch for her prey! It would be well if little boys and girls would sit as still while they are learning their lessons. [Illustration] THE DOG. The Dog takes care of his master's property; he follows him about, and will not let any body hurt him. Should a stranger come, he barks, to let his master know it. He is easily taught a great many useful things. A shepherd's dog will not let the sheep go astray. It would be well if little boys and girls were always as faithful to their parents as the dog is to his master. [Illustration] THE COW. The cow is a very valuable animal, and useful in many ways. I dare say you like to have her milk for breakfast, and to eat sometimes a piece of beef at dinner. The skin is tanned and made into shoes; the horns are made into many useful articles; the bones make combs, and many other things, nearly as well as ivory; the hair is used in making mortar, with which our houses are plastered and made warm. How wonderfully has God provided for the convenience of man. [Illustration] THE FOX. The Fox is a cunning and mischievous animal. He is troublesome to the farmer, frequently killing his geese and chickens. People are obliged to go, in great numbers, sometimes, to hunt them out of their holes and hiding places.--Do you remember what our Saviour said of himself? "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head." [Illustration] THE GOAT.