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M^ill be highly interesting to ever}' enlightened 

 student of this part of natural history. — Still more 

 recently, new and important light has been thrown 

 on this subject by professor Barton, of Philadel- 

 phia, who, in his New Views of the Origin of the 

 Tribes and Nations of America^ has published Vo- 

 cahulai'ies of a number of Indian languages that 

 were never before committed to the press ; has 

 compared these with languages more generally 

 known, both on the eastern and western conti- 

 nents; and has thence deduced new evidence in 

 support of the opinion, that the nations of America 

 and those of Asia have a common origin. 



The philosophy of man has been considered, 

 during this period, in a different view, in the cele- 

 brated publications of Hartley and Helvetius. Pro- 

 fessor Meiners, of Germany, has also written on the 

 Physical History of Man ; and M. Herder, of the 

 same country, has pubhshed Outlines of the History 

 of Man *. And, finally, the numerous voyagers and 

 travellers, with whom modern times have abounded, 

 have contributed greatly to enlarge our knowledge 

 of the human character and powers, and have 

 brought to light many facts toward the formation 

 of a satisfactory system on this subject. 



In the naturayiistory of Quadrupeds, the amount 

 of improvement during the last century was very 

 great. All the distinguished systematic writers 

 before mentioned have rendered extensive and 

 important services to this branch of zoology; 

 and the names of many other respectable naturalists 

 mio-ht be enumerated, who have devoted their 



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