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fossil remains is its skeleton found ? What arc tlie tlirce species 

 of Deer now livinjr in these countries, and in ^^■]^at situations? 



V. {CamelopardaUs.) TTow many species of Girafte ? To what 

 quarter of the globe do they belong? What is the food, and 

 how procured ? 



VI. {Antilopc.) Where is the Chamois found? Where the 

 Gazelle? How many species of Antelope belong to each of the 

 four quarters of the ^v•orld ? What proportion do the Deer and 

 the Antelopes together bear to the oilier raiminants? 



VII. {Capra.) In what localities arc tlie Goats found? Where 

 is the greatest number of species ? 



Vlli. (Om.) What is the original locality of the Sheep ? \Micre 

 are they now found in a wild state? At what elevation does the 

 Chamois habitually live? At what the Cashmere Goat? The 

 Goat of Thibet ? the Pamir Sheep or Kass ? 



IX. {Bos.) What domestic animals represent this group? What 

 foreign species are the most celebrated ? How many species did 

 the Romans describe as inhabiting the continent of Europe? 

 Ai-e animals belonging to one of these species yet living? If so, 

 where ? What is Cresar's description of the other ? Where have 

 the remains of both species been found ? 



Order Pachydermata. — P. 421. — Meaning of the term ? What 

 are their habits as regards food ? Into how many genera '.s the 

 Order divided ? Into how many species ? To what zones do 

 they principally belong ? Name one great division of the earth's 

 surface where they are not found. Are the Indian and African 

 elephants alike or different ? To what continent does the Hip- 

 popotamus belong ? How many species of Rhinoceros ? What 

 European species is the representative of the Swine? Where 

 are the Wart Hogs found ? Where the Peccaries ? Where the 

 Tapirs ? Where the Horse ? What is said of fossil remains of 

 these animals? Where are Wild Asses found? Where the 

 Zebras ? Of what does the food of the Elephant consist ? What 

 three substances enter into the composition of the teeth ? De- 

 scribe the arrangement by which a succession of teeth is secured. 

 What are the remarks of Professor Owen on this subject ? What 

 specific characteristics are represented by the teeth ? What or- 

 ganic remains are found in Europe along with the teeth of the 

 Mammoth ? What hypothesis was started to explain the occur- 

 rence of elephants' teeth in Europe ? Why was this unsatisfac- 

 tory ? What conclusion was then arrived at ? What extinct 

 animals of the present Order lived at former periods in Britain ? 

 What remark is made by Owen ? 



Order Cetacea. — P. 427. — What are the external character- 

 istics of the Cetacea ? Into what groups were they divided by 

 Cuvier? How are the carnivorous Cetacea arranged ? {Delphi- 

 nidce.) — P. 427. — Is the Dolphin ever met with on the British 

 coasts ? What associations are connected with its name ? What 

 does Professor Bell say of its habits ? What is said of those of 

 the Common Porpoise? What is its length? What other 

 species belong to this group? (F/iyseteridce.) — P. 428. — What 

 substance is procured from the Cachalot? In what state is 

 it found in the living animal? In what situation is it placed? 



