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groups of quadrumana or monkeys, felines or cats, in the shape 

 of tigers and lions, pachyderms, as elephants, hippopotami, 

 and tapirs of the equatorial belts, or with the peculiar forms 

 of the Arctic, as the Esquimaux man, with the reindeer and 

 northern fox, or the vast whales, walruses, and seals of the 

 frozen seas of polar spaces. It need scarcely be observed, that 

 the great representative of all the kingdoms and of all the 

 zones and- habitats of Nature, man himself, shows, in the 

 temperate region, the supreme perfection of his organiza- 

 tion, and the fullest development of his power as a physical, 

 moral, and intellectual being, having attained in this golden 

 mean of existence a shadowy approach to the ideal splendor 

 of his destiny, free from the enervating and sensualizing 

 flames of the tropics, and the deadening and paralyzing 

 frosts of the Arctic circles. As already remarked, the moun- 

 tain ranges of Pennsylvania are within this highly favored 

 portion of the earth's surface, and its fauna has thus the com- 

 mon characteristics of that region of Divine perfections. 



An extensive recitation of the natural history of its in- 

 digenous races cannot be attempted, however interesting 

 and valuable such a chapter might be, not only to the lover 

 of nature, but to the student of the economical significance 

 of things. 



A thorough exploration of this enchanted realm may be 

 reserved for a future effort, to be elaborated in detail for 

 its own attraction. 



FIRST GREAT DIVISION OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. 



CLASS I. MAMMALIA. 



ORDER BIMANA, (Man.) 



The original or indigenous man, as the head of this 

 order, has disappeared some time since. In the scientific 

 distribution of the races he belongs to a type somewhat 

 down in the scale of classification of the varieties of man, 

 and is included in the family of " American mongolidas." 

 Of this type he is an evanescent and infirmly rooted race, 

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