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Rh neglected, my child, as we walk along attend to what I ſay, and make the beſt anſwers you can; and do you, Caroline, join in the converſation.

You have already heard that God created the world, and every inhabitant of it. He is then called the Father of all creatures; and all are made to be happy, whom a good and wiſe God has created. He made thoſe ſnails you deſpiſe, and caterpillars, and ſpiders; and when he made them, did not leave them to periſh, but placed them where the food that is moſt proper to nouriſh them is eaſily found. They do not live long, but He who is their Father, as well as your's, directs them to depoſit their eggs on the plants that are fit to ſupport their young, when they are not able to get food for themſelves.—And when ſuch as great and wiſe Being has taken care to provide every thing neceſſary for the meaneſt creature, would you dare to kill it, merely becauſe it appears to you ugly? Mary began to be attentive, and quickly followed Mrs. Maſon's example, who allowed a caterpillar and a ſpider to creep on her Rh