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From likeneſs mutual love proceeded; and mutual love, in the bonds of ſociety with man, the milder and more congenial animals united. Amply repaid by the fleecy warmth of the lamb, by the rich, the falubrious libations of the cow, was that protection which the foſtering care of the human race afforded to the cattle of the field. Sometimes too, a tie ſtill more tender, cemented the friendſhip Rh