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unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not
arrayed like one of these.” The adoption, by our Saviour,
of the lamb as a type of Himself, and that of the dove for
the Spirit of God, are too well known to need comment;
but that of the “ Hind of the Morning,” which is the title
of the pathetic and beautiful 22nd Psalm, so generally
supposed to be typical of Christ’s sufferings, is not so com-
monly known, but is not improbably applied to him, as the
Arabian poets frequently gave to the swn the name of the
gazelle; and the “Sun of Righteousness” is a well-known
designation of Christ. Cowper probably had this in view
when writing those beautiful lines :—
**I was a stricken deer that left the herd

Long since. With many an arrow, deep infixed,

My penting side was charged, when I withdrew,

To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.

There I was found by one who had himself

Been hurt by the archers. In his side he bore,
And in his hands and feet, the cruel scar.”

The animals noticed in the following pages are arranged
systematically, according to the modern classification, in
order to facilitate reference, and to give the reader a ge-
neral idea of the animal kingdom, from the highest class,
Mammalia, down to the Radiata, which make so near an