Scientific Intelligence. — Zoology. 197 



edition we believe there is no material difference. The plates 

 are coloured with the same care, and nothing is suppressed in the 

 text. One slight difference there is, and we believe it must, by 

 all, be considered an improvement ; the generic characters con- 

 stitute each a separate article, placed at the head of the descrip- 

 tions of the species, in place of, as in the folio edition, being em- 

 bodied in one of the latter. All the figures (well executed in li- 

 thography) are exact, both in the proportions and colours. The 

 first number contains the two genera Orang, (Pithecus Cuv.), 

 and Gibbon {Hylohates IlKger). The species described and 

 iigured are the orang-outang female (Pithecus satyrus). The 

 Siamang (Hylohates syndactylus)^ the Wouwou, male and fe- 

 male (H. agilis), and the Ounko, male and female (H. Lar.j 



28. Cotvs, Horses and Sheep, Jed on Fish in Persia. — The 

 cows have humps, and resemble those of India ; milk, butter 

 and ghee, are very abundant, and good of their kind. This is the 

 more remarkable, as the cattle have but little pasture in the 

 neighbourhood of the town ; and it is certain, that one chief ar- 

 ticle of their food is dried fish, a little salted ; the cattle become 

 very fond of this, which, with pounded date stones, is all they 

 get to eat for a considerable portion of the year. The natives 

 assert, that, so far from the milk being spoiled when the cattle 

 feed on these things, they drink much more water, which in- 

 creases both the quantity and quality of the produce. Horses 

 and sheep, as well as cows, are fed on this diet, and thrive equal- 

 ly well upon it. — Fraser'^s Travels. 



S9. Swiftness of Animals,-^ Trotting match at An well, Berks. 



Sixteen Miles 63 6 Sixteen Miles Q6 8 



The horse broke into a gallop in the 2d mile, otherwise the 

 16 miles would have been done within the hour. The mare 

 was beat in the 14th mile. The match took place over 3 miles 

 of ground, each carrying feather weight. 



