It does not live upon the flesh of animals: sowhen Noah sent one out of the ark, she soon came back again, because shecould find nothing to eat, and no rest for the sole of her foot. "And these are they which ye shall have inabomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are anabomination; the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, and thevulture, and the kite after its kind." It has been the custom, in many countries,to hang those who have been guilty of great crimes on a tree or on agallows in the open air; and there to leave the body for the birds topeck at and devour if they chose. Jacob, just before his death, said of one of hissons, "Benjamin shall raven as a wolf; in the morning he shall devourthe prey, and at evening he shall divide the spoil. This is why David says in the Psalms,"Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things, so that thy youth isrenewed, (or comes again,) like the eagle's." It isvery strange to see a dozen or twenty large and heavy camels pass alongalmost without any noise; so still that you would hardly know they werecoming if you did not look up.There is a very beautiful story in the twenty-fourth chapter of Genesis,in which there is something about camels. And he asked God tolet him know in this way which I will tell you. You have watched kittens at their play a hundred times,and you know how very quick, and pretty, and graceful all their motionsare. In Proverbs, 28 : 1,you will read, "The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteousis as bold as a lion." His eyes are a little like those of a cat, and hecan see in the night better than we can. And Moab said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will now lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field.” So Balak the son of Zippor, who was king of Moab at that time, sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor at Pethor, which is near the River in the land of the people of Amaw, to call him, saying, “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt. They like to make theirnests in high and rocky places, where nobody can find them; as a versein the Bible says, "Though thou shouldest make thy nest on high as theeagle, yet will I bring thee down from thence." The upper part of the neck, as well as the head, is coveredwith hair.Its feet are curious, and different from those of most birds. At last he came toa wild, gloomy place, where nobody lived, near the Dead Sea: it wasrocky, and there were many wild goats there. Was not thisreturning good for evil?You will not find the name of the Jerboa in the Bible; but it issupposed to be the same animal that is called a mouse in the 17th verseof the 66th chapter of Isaiah, "They that sanctify themselves, andpurify themselves in the gardens, eating swine's flesh, and theabomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the Lord;"and also in Leviticus, where God is telling the children of Israel whatanimals they may be allowed to eat, and also what they must not taste.He says, "These also shall be unclean to you among the creeping thingsthat creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoiseafter his kind." And great fear came upon all who heard of it. The Bible says, when speakingof a wicked man, "He lieth in wait secretly, as a lion in his den; helieth in wait to catch the poor; he doth catch the poor, when he drawethhim into his net. On the morning of theday appointed for it, the high-priest was to wash in pure water, andclothe himself in a dress of clean white linen. Ineed not tell you this, dear child, but I may ask you,"Is there nothing we can do to prove our grateful love? The tiger reflected the fear of financial ruin that took precedence over everything else in his life. Should we not be careful about every sinful habit?Remember, dear child, that such a habit in you may become fixed, almostlike the leopard's spots; and pray God to help you love every thing thatis "pure, and lovely, and of good report.