ADVERTISEMENT 



FROM THE PUBLISHER. 



"We have again to lament the delay which has 

 taken place in bringing out a Yoliime of this popular 

 Work ; and although not in the order we promised 

 in our last advertisement, we have now the pleasure 

 of publishing the present, from the pen and pencil of 

 a most distinguished contributor, one which cannot 

 fail of interesting all classes ; for the Horse is, in- 

 deed, in the concluding words of the Author, '•■ the 

 animal destined by Almighty Wisdom to be the 

 solace and servant of man." 



In our last publication we anticipated that the 

 Natural History of the Marsupialia, or pouched 

 animals, would have taken precedence of this Vo- 

 lume, but, from unavoidable delay, it must be our 

 next in order. 



We are most happy to be able now to assure onr 

 Subscribers of the steady progress of this Work 

 until the Forty Volumes are completed, — that on 

 the subject just mentioned, and the first on the 

 Fishes of the Essequibo and Guiana, by Mr. Schom- 

 burgk, are far advanced, indeed almost ready for 



