Il8 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



THE GAMELEOPARD. 

 Camelopardalis, Linn. La Giraffe, Buff.) 



THIS animal the existence of which has fre- 

 quently been called in question} is a native of the 

 wild and unfrequented deserts of Ethiopia, and 

 other interior parts of Africa, where it leads a soli- 

 tary life, far from the habitations of men, for whose 

 use it is rendered unlit by the enormous dispropor- 

 tion of its parts. It has hitherto been regarded 

 chiefly as an object of curiosity, and may lead us to 

 admire the wonderful productions of that creative 

 power, which has filled the earth with life in such a 

 boundless variety of forms. 



