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application of a certain d< gree of heat, the animal 



:rom its torpor, and the ci 

 lation of the blood becomes visible. 



Tin- general appearance of tlio Bat, tog 



with 11^ ii'tctunial flight, must be confessed to 



lea of something hideous and dismal ; 



and for tins reason the ancients conscc:;tt< d it to 



i pine, and supposed it to be one of the inha- 



itt of her dusky regions : and it cannot fail 

 to occur to the recollection of every one, that 

 painters, in their representations of ilend> and 

 demons, usually exhibit them with the leathern 

 \\ in'^s of the Bat. It is also equally evident, that 

 the fabulous Harpies of the ancients must I 



, nated from a similar source; the larger I 

 of India and Africa, by a little poetical exagi: 

 tion of their manners, answering extremely well 

 to the general description of thus, monsters. 



I know not whether it may he worth while to 

 mention the cel< Ic-ated experiments of Spallan- 

 ya:ii, n Hurt ini: a supposed additional x-nse or 



;ry in Hats, enabling them, when depm- 

 siu;ht, to avoid any obstacles as readily as v. 

 they retained their power of MMUM. These expe- 

 riments are cruel, and pi -r baps do not lead U 



