LECTURE VIII. 



ON THE MAMMIFEROUS ANIMALS. 



HAVING in the Lecture which I last had the 



honor of delivering to you explained, that the 

 Mammiferous Quadrupeds are those Land Ani- 

 mals which uniformly give suck to their young; 

 that they live principally upon the productions 

 of the earth, and approach the nearest to the 

 human species in their structure, habits, and 

 intelligence; and having treated on the two first 

 orders of Linnaeus, which he has denominated, 

 Primates and Bruta ; the third division becomes 

 the next for consideration. 



The animals belonging to this order, are dis- 

 tinguished, by having mostly in each jaw, six 

 conical, sharp pointed, front teeth ; with, on each 

 side of these, solitary projecting tusks, or canine 

 teeth ; and a varying number of grinders, also 

 terminating in conical, or pointed processes. 

 Their feet are divided into toes, armed with sharp, 

 hooked claws, and these, with their teeth, are 



