. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. NATURAL HISTORY. 11 ions of past events manner. All have of a world, bnt of The Fiji islanders ji from the bottom rock, and that tho line broken. The they do not state 'eller asked one of oishell one, did not could not ; lereupon the man, vrgiiment in those ireatened to knock ore. Most nations whelmed the whole 'idiials escaped, by ly all believe in a rfare, and that the savage nations, in ,'er with pray era and 1 not injure them. i the abject Bosjes- nnot see, and whose 3 him,") believe in a o
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. NATURAL HISTORY. 11 ions of past events manner. All have of a world, bnt of The Fiji islanders ji from the bottom rock, and that tho line broken. The they do not state 'eller asked one of oishell one, did not could not ; lereupon the man, vrgiiment in those ireatened to knock ore. Most nations whelmed the whole 'idiials escaped, by ly all believe in a rfare, and that the savage nations, in ,'er with pray era and 1 not injure them. i the abject Bosjes- nnot see, and whose 3 him,") believe in a odified according to I raros believe that nd have i)lenty of iradise as an abode iuvage believes that boundless hunting- rid where his aiTows 1 knows his heaven ng happiness, where r. by outward objects L If a man be con- is, his mind becomes e rustic, whose ideas le works., and whose travels are circumscribed by his native village or at most bj a casual visit to the nearest mai-ket town, exlnbjts a nund ^4ich has received a certain set of ideas, false .is ^^ell as luc and which refuses aUke to admit new notions or to give up any of the old. xi â i *uâf on So great is the inauence of society on the mind, that an experienced clergyman, while examining some f ^"^^^ J_\t^;« ^^^ Confirmation, observed that the Oxford ^'l^'ldr^'} ,^'\^:" vears in advance of those of the same age who had been bied in the country. So with music, a town child is accustomed ; tar street music, and readily catches the air,-hilo he country child, whose notions of music ai-e conhned o the dismal hosannas and lugubrious psalmody of the village church, is usually devoid of musical ear, but is gi-eat in imita- tion of rooks, cows, pigs, and donkeys. The most perfect case of isolation known, was that of e ^lebrated Kaspa^ Hauser, who had been confined for the fii-st fourteen or fifteen years of his ife m a f'kj^^;' ^'^^^ wa. never permitted even to see his keeper. /« ^l^^^*^' when he at length
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