THE PACHYDERMES. 



IT is proposed to devote the present volume to 

 one of the Baron Cuvier's orders, which succeeds, 

 and is very nearly allied to the last animals 

 we treated of. It comprises creatures of great 

 utility when domesticated, and of very remark- 

 able form and structure. 



The Pachydermes of Cuvier is evidently a group 

 bearing only the rank of a tribe or family, and 

 not of an order. It forms the seventh order of the 

 Baron's system, followed by the Ruminants, with 

 part of the orders Bruta and Belluce of Linnaeus ; 

 while, in the natural arrangement proposed by Mr 

 Swainson, it is made to form a portion of his great 



