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a nature to be serviceable to domestic economy, or 

 to agriculture, as we have the means of rearing 

 and training them, and thus we add to our re- 

 sources. The Peruvian sheep, the lama, the kan- 

 garoo, the casoary, may, perhaps, one day be very 

 useful. 



Considered in a scientific point of view, there 

 are few animals foreign to JEurope, which are not 

 useful to study. If we except the elephant of Asia, 

 the royal tiger, and the lion of Africa, the history 

 of all others is more or less incomplete. Even 

 that of the lion has not been well known, until the 

 lioness of the Menagerie had young ones ; it is 

 also since two elephants have died in the same me- 

 nagerie, that we have acquired an exact knowledge 

 of the anatomy of this great quadruped. We 

 cannot, then, too strongly recommend to travellers, 

 who can procure living animals, to neglect nothing 

 which can facilitate their arrival in Europe. The 

 smaller quadrupeds, and principally those who dig 

 the ground, and who hide themselves in burrows, 

 are even less known. 



We may easily procure animals by applying to 

 the natives of the country, who know where to 

 find them, and who have frequent opportunities of 

 meeting with them in their excursions. They may 

 take them by traps, and bring them back alive. 

 Nor is it difficult for them to take some of th<* 



