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elect him a member of their Royal Society. His 

 great book appeared afterwards in smaller editions, 

 and one in quarto is often used. 



The " British Zoology " included the description 

 of the species of animals at that time known to 

 inhabit Great Britain, except the insects. So good 

 was the work and so accurate were the descriptions, 

 that it was translated into Latin and German, and 

 had a large circulation abroad. Anxious to com- 

 pare his work with those of foreign naturalists, and 

 to see the specimens of similar animals in the great 

 continental museums. Pennant travelled abroad in 

 1765, and made the acquaintance of the most im- 

 portant zoologists of the day. He visited Bufifon 

 at Montbard, and their friendship led to a corre- 

 spondence, which lasted for years. Then he went on 

 to Switzerland, and met Haller at Berne. Coming 

 home by way of Germany and Holland, he met a 

 distinguished traveller and naturalist, Pallas by 

 name. Pennant wrote about him : " Our conver- 

 sation related chiefly to natural history, and as we 

 were both enthusiastic admirers of our great Ray, 

 I proposed his undertaking a history of quadru- 

 peds on the system of our countryman, a little 

 reformed. He assented to my plan, and wrote me 

 a long letter in which he sent me an outline of his 

 design, and his resolution to pursue it with all the 

 expedition consistent with his other engagements." 

 Pallas went to Russia, and never accomplished his 

 object, but Pennant followed out the idea himself, 

 and in 1771 published a work wath the title of 



