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vered with a shell or scales. This includes the Tor- 

 toise, the Pangolin, and the Phatagum. 



The twelfth is that of the Otter, or amphibious kind, 

 comprehending the Otter, the Beaver, the Desman, the 

 Morse, and the Seal. 



The thirteenth Class is that of the Monkey kind. 

 And the fourteenth Class is that of Winged Quadrupeds, 

 or the Bat kind, containing the Bat, the Flying Squir- 

 rel, and some other varieties. 



The animals which seem to approach no other kind, 

 either in form or nature, are, the Elephant, the Rhino- 

 ceros, the Hippopotamus, the Camelopard, the Camel, 

 the Bear, the Badger, the Tapir, the Cabiai, the Coati, 

 the Antbear, the Tataar, and the Sloth. 



After having classed the preceding divisions in regu- 

 lar order, and pointed out the method the Reader is to 

 pursue, I shall beg leave to draw his attention from the 

 subject intended to occupy the following sheets, and, 

 before I expatiate upon the animal creation, give him 

 an epitome of the characters that mark his own. 



Hitherto I have compared Man with Animals ; but I 

 shall now point out the varieties that mark the human 

 race : — Hitherto I have considered him as an individual 

 being, endowed with excellences above the rest of the 

 creation; I shall now point out the advantages which 

 civilization bestows, and shew that he is little superior 

 to the brute, in an uncultivated state. 



The Polar regions are universally allowed to exhibit 

 the most marked difference in the human race; the 

 Laplanders, the Esquimaux Indians, the Samoid Tar- 

 tars, the inhabitants of Nova Zembla, the Borandians, 

 the Greenlanders, and the natives of Kamtschatka, 

 may be considered as a distinct set of people, all re- 



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