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British government, was by them committed to the 

 charge of the college of the college of surgeons, and is 

 now contained in a splendid hall fitted up for the pur- 

 pose, wbere a professorship of comparative anatomy is 

 attached to it ; and it is open to the inspection of the 

 public 0:1 certain days of the week for the greater part 

 of the year. This IBUHUSB anarch a brilliant proof of 

 comprehensive views and persevering assiduity of 

 It presents a very extensive collection 

 of anatomical facts, arranged in such a manner, as to 

 illustrate, in a beautiful series, the various function! as 

 performed in the gradations of organised nature from 

 vsgjtiablis to animals, and from the lowest tribes of ani- 

 snajs to *h* beautiful ** iaB> p^*^atKffi snhihtted in the fa- 

 brie of the human body. It is divided into four parts, 

 corresponding to a fourfold division of the functions. 

 1. The parts adapted to motion ; *. The parti Bsisntial 

 to the internal economy of the different tribes ; 3. The 

 parts which corned living being* with sniiuniiiling ob- 

 ject* ; and 4. The parts subservient to the propagation 

 of the species. \Ve understand that the arrangement 



_yH"^ ssans) ii^umraT nn^t *^^ _z"T l^T**^^^ 

 ment of .Mr Lawrence, the present professor ot compa- 

 rative anatomy. In this museum, the eye surveys as in 

 ~ that n interesting in the snbhme 

 >ef pbyssDsssnr. It fenuebes even to the most tg. 

 j and rapid view of the subject, which 

 could not be obtained from backs without much study. 

 To those who are already well iafbrmed, a visit to UBS 

 MMstttoi vKaru t An cppport u ni IT of 

 to their knowledge, and add* a 

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by the laudable industry of many other |irefsseioml 

 but it is sull an object of the highest interest, 



both Cor it* own merits, and when 

 she earliest of those va esferta, which have bean 

 to give an fnisllsrtaal celebrity to the whole 

 few native country. ( // I). ) 



HI or the pursuit of wild animals, in to 



aa> onsnnrehensrto sigsiinsntlim, inelades those of < 



and all the di 



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 quadruped*. 

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 fed it alike 



but in its i 

 the pvrsuit of terrestrial and 



ves in unniltivated 

 destroy those crea- 

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of o*^. from which IK> danger is to be dreaded. On- 



i all tlHaUsssfsh and activity ef the hu- 

 frame i* called forth ; or it is converted into an 

 t. in which eqsMd skill and JMisMskl * be 

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from war, are 



principally occupied in the chace ; ai 

 to nho-u country nature Ka b.-.-n ... 

 tation, that without the resour 

 in-, a famine would JsABsbhj 

 enabled us to bring the mort 

 state of dnmssri cation. 



the hone, the ox, and the clev 



climates, k i* elsewher* followed to procure 

 precious furs, which nay the tribute of entire 

 nee, and are so high fy valued, as to be the emblem of 

 royalty ittelf*. Hence nave rcsuksiil various expedient* 

 iratageau to owwe the capture of wild antmak 

 Is* it is to his faithful ally the dog, that man i* chiefly 



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 hunting- 



indebted for their possession. This invaluable crea- 

 ture is trained not only to rouse the game in the forests, 

 to pursue it on the plain, and after a successful chace, 

 instead of devouring its prey, to watch until the ap- 

 proach of its master, or to lay it uninjured at his feet. 

 What substitute could the huntsman find for his dog ? 

 Deprived of its aid, those excursions which enable him 

 to return laden with spoils, would terminate in fatigue 

 and disappointment. 



Hunting is prosecuted after a great variety of fa- 

 shions, according to the nature of the country and the 

 description of the game. 1. Wild animals are hunted 

 by means of others specially trained for that purpose. 

 2. They are caught by various stratagems ; as by nets 

 and pitfalls, or in traps formed either for the purpose 

 of destroying them, or of taking them alive. S. They 

 are shot by fire-arms or arrows, or destroy ed by tin- 

 same weapons set in their paths. 4. They are taken by 

 intoxicating substances, which they are induced to swal- 

 low, or kilted by poisons. These are the principal me- 

 thods employed throughout the world in destroying 

 wildannsab. 



Man is engaged in incessant warfare against the rest 

 of the animated creation: the numbers sacrificed by nmr*iir 

 him exceed all credibility ; for scarcely has he come in- 

 to the work), and gained the use of his members, when 

 be begins to think of destruction. But animals have 

 opponents equally formidable among each other, and 

 frightful havoc is committed among the weaker by the 

 stronger and more carnivorous tribes. Endowed with 

 natural lUpathlea, they hunt each other down for tin- 

 purpose of extirpation, not for the sake of prey. The 

 ancient have told us of an invincible antipathy enter- 

 tamed by the ichneumon againd the crocodile ; and al- 

 though this singular property has not been witnessed 

 by the modern'*, it indubitably exists in respect to 

 nalns) The rhinoceros, a herbivorous animal, is said 

 constantly to seek the elephant, when the most furious 

 combats ensue between them ; snd it is affirmed to de- 

 sight hi the destruction of all other animals. Dogs in- 

 cessantly endeavour to destroy cats, on which they are 

 not known to feed ; and homed cattle will frequently 

 make an attack, and gore the object to death. 

 rage ami antipathy combined. But it is let* for the in- 

 dulgtnee of such antipathies, than to satisfy the era- 

 vings of nature, that animal* hunt each other in their 

 wild state, and have thus taught men to avail them- 

 selves of their properties. Yet, as they carefully shun 

 our presence on those occasions, we are acquainted only 

 with some of the methods which they pursue. Animal* 

 of the canine species seem to hunt in troop* ; those of 

 the Mine race are hi general solitary. The nature of 

 the wild dog, which we can so materially improve by 

 education, u little known : but it appear* to hunt in 

 packs of eight, ten, or twelve, in India and Persia ; and 

 In this way it does not dread to attack the most feroci- 

 ous of beasts of prey, the tiger. In Africa, it has been 

 observed, that wild dogs hunt with much sagacity, 

 always acting in concert, while each in particular does 

 to best to overtake or meet the game, until at length 

 H becomes their joint victim. Not content, however, 

 with merely satisfying ttuir hunger, they are snid to 

 wound and dentroy every thing that comes in tlieir 

 way, and prove the greatest enemies of the herds v 

 are kept among the colonists or natives of Southern 

 Africa. The wolf, the fox, and jackal, all hunt in 

 troops, though each may be seen alone in quest of 

 prey. But many animal* are by nature solitary in 

 their pursuits, and teem jealous of the presence of each 



