An essay on abstinence from animal food, as a moral duty / By Joseph Ritson.
- Q6286581
- Date:
- 1802
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An essay on abstinence from animal food, as a moral duty / By Joseph Ritson. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![All thefe carnivorous and rapacious monfters are apt and eager to devour a man whenever he comes within the reach. ‘¢ The wolf, whofe ufual and natural food is every liveing creature, when his hunger 1s extreme, lofeés all idea of fear, attacks women and children, and fometimes men. Wolves are even fond of human fleth. ‘They have been known to follow armys, to come in troops to the field of battle, where bodys are carelefsly inter’d, to tear them up, and devour them with an infatiable avidity ; and, when once accustom’d to human fleth, they ever after attack men, prefer the fhepherd to the flock, devour women and carry off children.””* - _ & All birds of prey exhibit an obduracy anda ferociousnefs of dispofition, while the other kinds [upon which they prey] are mild, cheerful, and gentle, in their afpect and manners.’’+ ; _ &¢ Every inhabitant of the waters depends for its existence upon rapine and defiruction. The life of every fith, from the fmalleft to the greateft, is one continue’d fcene of hostility, violence and * 1bt. 1s 8 G0s | + The flying fith which is provideed with wings, to enable it to evade its marine perfecutors, the {hark and albicore, — upon its takeing to flight, is immediately asfail’d and devour’d by its a¢rial enemys, the pelican and albatrofs.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33088494_0050.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
