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^ INTRODUCTION? 



CONTAINING 

 A GENERAL VIEW OF THE 



STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF 



I!;, .?rm y- 



QUADRUPEDS. 



Que de charmes, que d'idees donees, agreables, nous pr6sente 

 1'Histoire Naturelle ! Que d'objects varies et interessans ! Quelle 

 source inepuisable d'observations, de recherches et destruction pour 

 celui qui se sent un gout decide pour cette vaste science! 



Daudin. 



J_ HERE is a wide difference, with respect to intellectual 

 powers, betwixt men and brute animals. The faculties of 

 the latter are confined within extremely narrow bounds. 

 Guided only by appetite and instinct, they are capable of 

 little knowledge further than what is necessary towards their 

 own immediate support and preservation 1 ; and there is not 

 one of the whole race that can extend its industry beyond 

 its instinct, be its necessities what they may. The Ape, 

 which delights in the warmth of the embers that the tra- 

 veller has left in the woods, has not yet learned to imitate 

 him, by adding fuel to the heap, in order to keep alive the 

 blaze. The Ox has never thought of sowing the grain that 

 he treads out with his feet on the floor of the barn ; nor the 



B Boar, 



