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Show FEAR THE SAVAGE MOST. Animals Vo Not Stand lnvfto Muelx Aw of thu Civilised llelngl. Ravago man, who lias gpnorolly Veen first In contact wtth nnlmajs, is, usuully n liuutcr, and therefore on object of dislike dis-like to thu other hunting animals and of ill end to tho hunted. But civilized man, vtlth his supply of breadand beef, Is not necessarily a hunter, ami It is just an conceivablo that ho might bo con-l.'nt con-l.'nt to leave tho anlmals.in a novly discovered dis-covered country unmolested and condescend, conde-scend, when not fcqttcr, employed, to watch their attitude towu'rd .'himself, says tho Popular Sclonca Monthly. Tho imposslblo Island In "Tho Swiss Fam- liy Robinson," In which half the on-I on-I Imab In tho two hemispheres wcro collected, would ho-an Ideal placo for I such an experiment- Hut, unfortunate-I unfortunate-I ly, uninhabited Islands seldom contain mora than a few species, aud thoso generally gen-erally birds or sea beasts, and In newly ' discovered gama regions savago man has generally been beforo us with his 1 arrow, spear and pitfall. Somo Instanco of tho first contact of animals with man havi, howover, been preserved in thonccountn of tho early voyages col lected by Hakluyt and otWs, though tho hungry navigators wero generally moro Intent on victualing , heirships with thu unsuspecting beasts and birds or on noting thoso which would bo useful use-ful commodities for "trafflcko" than In cultivating friendly relations with tho nnlmal inhabitants of tho nowly discovered dis-covered islnnds, . ti aaxxioi ! H 'j i |