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The various organs are described as modified throughout 

 the different classes of animals, (beginning with Man, the 

 BovXevriKov fxovov) in nearly the same order as that after- 

 wards adopted by Cuvier. 



As specimens of the interesting matter treated of in the 

 work, Dr. Osborne selected the animal nature of sponges ; 

 the ages of various animals ; the movements of the nautilus, 

 (the same doubt existing in the author's mind as to the 

 origin of the shell, which has divided the opinions of Messrs. 

 Blainville, Owen, Gray, and Mad. Power, within the last 

 year;) the localities of animals, as affording data for ascer- 

 taining the rate at which they have extended themselves 

 over the globe ; particulars relating to artificial incubatian 

 as practiced in Egypt ; the management of cattle ; a mode 

 of fattening hogs with rapidity, by commencing with a 

 fast of three days; the mohair goat located in Cilicia, as 

 at present ; hybernation and migrations of various animals 

 and fish ; description of the fisher-fish (lophius piscatorius,) 

 and of the torpedo, with the proof that they catch their 

 prey in the extraordinary manner described ; many inge- 

 nious modes of taking partridge, and of fishing detailed ; the 

 friendships which have been perpetuated between different 

 classes of animals, — as the trochilus and the crocodile, 

 the pinna muricata and the cancer pinnotheres, the crow 

 and the heron; their animosities, as between the crow 

 and owl ; the diseases of animals traced throughout the 

 series, extending even to fish ; hydrophobia described, as 

 being communicated by the bite of the rabid dog to all ani- 

 mals except man, which appears to be the correct statement 

 with respect to hot climates, and not (as has been re- 

 presented by some modern travellers,) an entire absence of 

 the disease. 



These detached specimens of the contents of this work fur- 

 nish, however, a very inadequate idea of its real value. There 

 are in it whole sections, the separate sentences of which, 



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