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very diversified. Some inhabit the loftiest moun- 

 tains, here the eagle builds its aerie, and the 

 condor 1 deposits its eggs on the bare rock ; and 

 here the chamois 2 often laughs at the efforts of 

 the hunter, astonishing him by the ease with 

 which it scours over the rocks, or with which 

 it ascends or descends the most inaccessible 

 precipices. 



Some animals, that in high latitudes are found 

 in the plains, in a warmer atmosphere seek the 

 mountains. Of this description is the beautiful 

 Apollo butterfly, 3 which, in Sweden is very com- 

 mon in the country and gardens about Upsal, 

 while in France it is found only on mountains 

 between three and four thousand feet above the 

 level of the sea. I received very fine specimens 

 collected by a friend in the Pyrenees. The 

 common viper 4 also, which in northern Europe 

 is found in the plains, in southern is found only 

 on Alpine or Subalpine mountains. 



It has been observed by an ingenious and 

 learned writer, that the terrestrial globe seems 

 to be formed of two immense mountains, set 

 base to base at the equator, and that upon each 

 of these hemispheres the vegetables and animals 

 are generally placed in parallel zones, according 



1 Sarcorhamphus Gryphus. ~ Antilope Rupicapra. 



3 Parnassius Apollo. * Coluber berus. 



