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behalf of the perſecuted creatures: we perceive, in every country, certain privileged animals, whom even the ruthleſs jaws of gluttony dare not to invade. For to paſs over unnoticed the vaſt empires of India, Thibet, and China, where the lower orders of life are conſidered as relative parts of ſociety, and are protected by the laws and religion of the natives, the Tartars abſtain from ſeveral kinds of animals: the Turks are charitable to the very dog, whom they abominate; and even the Engliſh peaſant pays towards the Robin-
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