ANIMALS. 



mal ; it being wisely provided by nature, that the 

 inhabitant should be adapted to the rigours of its 

 situation. Thus the fox and wolf, which in tem- 

 perate climates have but short hair, have a fine 

 long fur in the frozen regions near the pole. On 

 the contrary, those dogs which with us have long 

 hair, when carried to Guinea, or Angola, in a 

 short time cast their thick covering, and assume 

 a lighter dress, and one more adapted to the 

 warmth of the country. The beaver and the 

 ermine, which are found in the greatest plenty in 

 the cold regions, are remarkable for the warmth 

 and delicacy of their furs; while the elephant 

 and the rhinoceros, that are natives of the Line, 

 have scarcely any hair. Not but that human in- 

 dustry can, in some measure, co-operate with, or 

 repress the effects of climate in this particular. 

 It is well known what alterations are produced 

 by proper care, in the sheep's fleece, in different 

 parts of our own country ; and the same industry 

 is pursued with a like success in Syria, where many 

 of their animals are clothed with a long and beau- 

 tiful hair, which they take care to improve, as 

 they work it into that stuff called camblet, so well 

 known in different parts of Europe. 



The disposition of the animal seems also not 

 less marked by the climate than the figure. The 

 same causes that seem to have rendered the hu- 

 man inhabitants of the rigorous cb'mates savage 

 and ignorant, have also operated upon their ani- 

 mals. Both at the Line and the Pole the wild 

 quadrupeds are fierce and untameable. In these 

 latitudes, their savage dispositions having not been 



