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in general they are not all equal to man, 229. Their feelings 

 more exquifite than thofe of man, 238. Of domeftic animals, 

 301. Animals vary according to the difFereut climates in 

 ■which they live, 356. Of their degeneracy, 407. Cruelly 

 treated by man, 426. Females more ufeful than males, 434. 

 Moft of them fupcrior to man in agility, fwiftnefs, ftreugth, 

 and courac;e, iv. 5. Changes produced on them by educa- 

 tion, 60. Large animals fewer in number than fmall ones, 

 65. Of wild animals, 66. Are lefs fierce in cold countries, 

 68. Are the leall fubjefl to changes or variations of any 

 kind, 71. Their faculties perpetually diminilhing, 73. Of 

 carnivorous animals, 164. Thefe are but few- in number, //;. 

 Some of them deteft Iharp cries, v. 52. Of thofe peculiar to 

 , the Ancient Continent, 90. A lift of them, in. Of thofe pe- 

 culiar to the New World, 1 1 2. Of thofe common to both 

 Continents, 123. Not above 200 fpecies of them exifting on 

 the earth, 146. Remarks on the ridiculous methods of claliing 

 them, 147. Thofe of America proved to be diftincl from the 

 animals of the Ancient Continent, v. 112. Domeftic animals 

 differ confiderably from wild ones of the fame fpecies, vi. 155. 

 Animals in general grow torpid, and avoid each other, in win- 

 ter, vii 90. The unity of fpecies more fixed in large than in 

 fmall animals, 98. Animals in general more happy than 

 men, 156. Notices of fome which are not exprefsly men- 

 tioned in the book, viii. 216. An anonymous animal of Ly- 

 bia defcribed by Mr Bruce, 283. 

 Ant-eater defcribed, v. 333. Three fpecies of them ; the great, 

 the middle, and the leaft, ih. A fourth mentioned by Brilfon, 

 from Seba, but feems to be fufpicious, 338. Six fpecies men- 

 tioned by Seba, i!\ The great ant-eater fights terribly with 

 his fore feet, and is almofl: invincible when he lies onTiisback, 

 and ufes all the four, ib. Dr Maudhuit's defcrlption of the 

 great ant-eater, 347. M. de la Bordc's obfcrvations concern- 

 ing it, 348. His defcrlption of the middle ant-eater, 350. ; 

 and of the leaft ant-eater, 352. 

 Anta, a kingdom of Africa, produces great numbers of elephants, 



vi. 35. n. 



Anta, a name for the Tapir, vi. 243. n. Eats a kind of clay iuj 



the night, 246. n. Is dazzled by the liglit of torches, anil 



cafdy taken, 247. n. 



Ante, anolhei- name for the Tapir, vi. 244. n. 



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