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Domestication can do much, but its effect is almost entirely limited to those animals which have been marked out by our Creator as destined to the service of Man. Let him be thankful for these exceptions, and not, with a modern philo- sopher, idly boast of mans conquest of nature, when his highest faculties cannot domesticate a worm ! " * The Water Hen seems as much disinclined as the worm to submit itself to human discipline, or to go in any other way than its own, however frequently it may cr...oss our path, or delight to intrude as a privileged tres- passer, whom there is no gainsaying, within the precincts of our gardens and shrubberies. It is one of the most paradoxical of the feathered race, not in mere form, but in habits and temper combined with form. There are few birds whose entire banishment from this island would be less noticed by the inhabitants of cities, and more immediately remarked by those whose home is fixed in certain rural localities, than the Water Hen. Even in large towns the loss of the occasional sight of the Rook or the Sparrow (in whose expulsion we would cor- dially assist), of the numerous birds that are seen and heard here and there in cages, or now and then in the game shops nay, even of Hawks and Owls (though the gamekeepers have pretty severely reduced their num- bers), would be observed, and perhaps cause inquiries ; * Swainson.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Domestication can do much, but its effect is almost entirely limited to those animals which have been marked out by our Creator as destined to the service of Man. Let him be thankful for these exceptions, and not, with a modern philo- sopher, idly boast of mans conquest of nature, when his highest faculties cannot domesticate a worm ! " * The Water Hen seems as much disinclined as the worm to submit itself to human discipline, or to go in any other way than its own, however frequently it may cr...oss our path, or delight to intrude as a privileged tres- passer, whom there is no gainsaying, within the precincts of our gardens and shrubberies. It is one of the most paradoxical of the feathered race, not in mere form, but in habits and temper combined with form. There are few birds whose entire banishment from this island would be less noticed by the inhabitants of cities, and more immediately remarked by those whose home is fixed in certain rural localities, than the Water Hen. Even in large towns the loss of the occasional sight of the Rook or the Sparrow (in whose expulsion we would cor- dially assist), of the numerous birds that are seen and heard here and there in cages, or now and then in the game shops nay, even of Hawks and Owls (though the gamekeepers have pretty severely reduced their num- bers), would be observed, and perhaps cause inquiries ; * Swainson.
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