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Here he made the personal acquaintance of several of the 

 most distinguished naturalists of the day, amongst whom 

 were Buffon and Pallas. 



In 1769, Pennant undertook his first tour in Scotland 

 As he puts it himself, he had * the hardiness to venture on 

 a journey to the remotest part of North Britain, a country 

 almost as little known to its southern brethren as Kams- 

 chatka.' He was pleased with his visit, and thinks the 

 good report which he gave of the country ought to please 

 the Scotch ; as from his having shown that ' it might be 

 visited with safety, it has ever since been inondee with 

 southern visitants/ In 1772, Pennant again visited 

 Scotland, penetrating on this occasion as far as the 

 Hebrides. In this tour his success, he says, was equal 

 to his hopes. ' I pointed out everything which I thought 

 would be of service to the country ; it was roused to look 

 into its advantages; societies have been formed for the 

 improvement of the fisheries, and for founding of towns 

 in proper places ; to all which I sincerely wish the most 

 happy event ; vast sums will be flung away ; but incident- 

 ally, numbers will be benefited, and the passion of patriots 

 tickled.' The journals which he kept of 'both these tours 

 were published, and contain many interesting observations 

 on the natural history of Scotland, as well as on many 

 other points. 



In 1771 was published Pennant's 'Synopsis of Quad- 

 rupeds.' This work was republished in 1781, in an 

 enlarged form, under the title, 'History of Quadrupeds.' 

 It went through several editions; and he published a 

 companion work to it under the name of 'The Genera 

 of Birds' (1781). 



