. The living world : containing descriptions of the several races of men, and all species of animals, birds, fishes, insects, etc., etc. : with numerous anecdotes, illustrative of their instincts, reasoning powers and domestic habits . \&j -ii WHITE ST OKU. TDK COMMON COOT COMMON He >.STON, SAMUKI. * CO. ItElTILIA. 115 CLASS III. REPTILIA. We have now arrived at a class of animals, in the production of whichnature has seemed to deviate from her usual plan of beauty and utility, asall the orders, comprising the series, with the exception of the first, arecalculated to cr
. The living world : containing descriptions of the several races of men, and all species of animals, birds, fishes, insects, etc., etc. : with numerous anecdotes, illustrative of their instincts, reasoning powers and domestic habits . \&j -ii WHITE ST OKU. TDK COMMON COOT COMMON He >.STON, SAMUKI. * CO. ItElTILIA. 115 CLASS III. REPTILIA. We have now arrived at a class of animals, in the production of whichnature has seemed to deviate from her usual plan of beauty and utility, asall the orders, comprising the series, with the exception of the first, arecalculated to create in man feelings of the deepest disgust, aversion, andoften terror. The grotesque forms, in which ugliness and deformity mani-fest themselves in multifarious variety, the utter uselessness of all, save theexception just named, and the venomous and dangerous character of many,have caused them in all ages to be regarded by man as symbols of moraldegradation and types of all evil. AVe instinctively shrink from contactwith them, and start with a shudder when one is suddenly and unexpectedlyrevealed to our sight. It is difficult to define or describe that emotion ofdread which one experiences when the cold and slimy snake glides along athis feet, wit
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