ON THE 



GEOGRAPHY AND CLASSIFICATION 



OF 



ANIMALS. 



PART I. 



ON THE GEOGRAPHY OF ANIMALS. 



CHAPTER I. 



REASONS AGAINST THE BELIEF THAT FOOD, TEMPERATURE, AND 

 OTHER INFERIOR AGENTS, ARE THE PRIMARY CAUSES OF 



THE VARIATION OF MAN. LIMITED RANGE OF ANIMALS 



WHICH YET POSSESS GREAT LOCOMOTIVE POWERS. VARIOUS 



OPINIONS ON THE PRIMARY DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS. 



LINNAEUS, PRICHARD, AND OTHERS. THEORIES UPON 



ANIMAL GEOGRAPHY. FABRICIUS. LATREILLE. PRI- 

 CHARD. PROPOSITIONS ON THIS SUBJECT STATED. GEO- 

 GRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF MAN. ARCTIC REGIONS. 



(!) ON looking at a map of the world we inhabit, 

 we find that its surface is divided hetween land and 

 water, continents and oceans ; each, for the most part, 

 thrown together into vast masses, placed under different 

 temperatures, peopled by different races of men., and in- 

 habited by peculiar sorts of animals. ' Two questions 

 then occur to the mind, What are the causes that 



