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will not, as some systematic writers have done,' say that the I at 

 IS of the human kind, or a hog of the horse kind, merely because 

 there is some resemblance in their teeth, or their paps. For al- 

 though this resemblance may be striking enough, yet a person who 

 lias never seen a bat or a hog, will never form any just concep- 

 tion of either by being told of this minute similitude. In slioit, 

 the method in classing quadrupeds should be taken from their 

 most striking resemblances ; and wiiere these do not offer, we 

 «hall not force the similitude, but leave the animal to be de- 

 scribed as a solitaiy species. The number of quadrupeds is so 

 few, that indeed, without any method whatever, there is no great 

 danger of confusion. 



All quadrupeds, the number of which, according to BufFon, 

 amounts to but two hundred, may be classed in the following 

 manner. 



First, those of the Horse kind. This class contains the 

 Horse, the Ass, and the Zebra. Of these none have horns, and 

 their hoof is of one solid piece. 



The second class are those of the Cow kind ; comprehending 

 the Urus, the Buffalo, the Bison, and the Bonassus. These 

 have cloven hoofs, and chew the cud. 



The third class is that of the Sheep kind; with cloven lioofs, 

 «nd chewing the cud like the former. In this is comprehended 

 the Sheep, the Goat, the Ijama, the Vigogne, the GaZtUa, the 

 Guinea Deer, and all of a similar form. 



The fourth class is that of the Deer kind, with cloven liools, 

 and with solid horns, that are shed every year. This class con- 

 tians the Elk, the Rein-deer, the Stag, the Buck, the Roe-buck, 

 and the A.\is. 



The fifth class comprehends all those of the Hog kind, tlie 

 Peecari, and the Babyrouessa. 



The sixth class is, that numerous one of the Cat kind. This 

 conipiehends the Cat, the Lion, the Panther, the Leopard, the 

 Jaguar, the Cougar, the Jaguarette, the Lynx, the Ounce, and 

 the Catamountain. These are all carnivorous, and furnished 

 with crooked claws, which they can sheathe and unsheathe at 

 pleasure. 



The seventh class is that of the Dog kind, carnivorous, and 



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