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|)lorccl, little information is to be expected con- 

 cerning this animal of the most enormous bulk : 

 And we may as well call it the Mammoth, as by 

 any other name ; or the Pseudo Elephant, as it 

 has been named by Dr. Huntero From this, 

 and from many other considerations, it appears 

 that the enumeration of the American quadru- 

 peds, is extremely imperfect. 



Origin. The animals which are spread 

 over the face of the eaith, are fitted by nature, 

 for the climate and countryj w^here they reside. 

 No animal, or vegetable, has a constitution a- 

 dapted to every- country : And there are none, 

 but what are suited to some particular part of 

 the earth, where they will arri-'/e to their great- 

 iest perfection. A camel is peculiarly fitted, for 

 the burning sands of Arabia : And the reindeer 

 will flourish the best in Lapland, Hudson's Bay, 

 and those northern countries, where, the cold is 

 the most intense. The origin therefore df dif- 

 ferent quadrupeds, is to be sought in those cli- 

 mates, that appear to be the best adapted to 

 their growth and multiplication. There are 

 animals in the torrid zone in America, which 

 are never found in any other part of the earth. 

 "I'his is the case with the Tapyr of Brasil, the 

 Puma and Jugar, the Lama and Paco. These 

 animals have never wandered into any other part 

 of the globe : They are therefore to be esteem- 

 ed indigenous, or natural to the hot climates of 

 America. The same is the case with the ani- 

 mals of the torrid zone in Asia, and Africao 

 The elephant, and rhinoceros, are productions 

 of Asia. The deserts of Zaara and Biledulgerid 

 in Africa, may be termed the native country of 



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