I.KCTUU: 111. 



J.N tlit^ preceding lecture, I repeated the o !<- 



brated harangue of the Count de Billion, relative 

 to the supposed misery of the Quadrupeds called 

 Sloths, and concluded \\ith a slight account of a 

 supposed Indian species, and of a remarkable 



I >kel<-ton, seemingly allied to the same genus. 

 I .shall iiu\v proceed to the remaining animals of 

 this order, all of \\hieh an distinguished by the 

 total uant of front teeth, and some- are totally 

 destitute of any teeth. 



One of the most remarkable of tin -M- (ienera 

 of Quadrupi <U i> that of Dasypus, or Arma- 

 dillo. This genus is readily distinguished from all 

 others, shift- all the species lu-lougiivs: to it are 

 ly nature iurnisli- d ^ith a most Ir^ant suit of 



. armour, so curioiislv di^jxisi-d, that it i> im- 



ihl- to behold it without the biglic.^t admira- 



