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they are dead. We are not, however, to conclude 

 that this bird swims, since it has not the necessary 

 instruments ; but it flies, so to speak, in the water ; 

 and it has probably the power of hooking itself to 

 the bottom of the river whilst searching for its prey." 

 {lb, 146.) 



We must now bring these extracts to a close, and 

 must altogether deny ourself and readers the plea- 

 sure which might be derived from his numerous 

 notices on ichthyology^ and the various modes in 

 which the fisheries are conducted ; as also on ento- 

 mology^ including so many of the attractive wonders 

 of the insect world ; and so likewise, finally, must 

 we omit the whole wide field of botany^ not one 

 specimen of which ever seems to have escaped his 

 piercing and scrutinizing glance. 



But the many objects which during these six 

 years of travel Pallas had witnessed, and which 

 were alluded to in the work on which we have 

 been dwelling, had taken too strong a hold on his 

 imagination to permit him to be content with the 

 somewhat hasty sketches he supplied in this jour- 

 nal; he had extensively and deeply studied man 

 and animals, the crust of the earth, and whatever 

 is found upon it; and meditating on his remarks, 

 they became the subjects of so many distinct trea- 

 tises, to which he devoted all his powers. He now 

 published " The History of the more remarkable 

 Animals of Siberia, including the Musk Ox, the 

 Glutton, the Sable, the White Bear, &c. ;'* histories 

 which are so full and admirably given, that, according 



