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I have not inserted in the first table the Phoca,* nor 

 leather winged bat, because the one living half the year 

 in the water, and the other being a winged animal, 

 the individuals of each species may visit both conti- 

 nents. 



Of the animals in the first table, Mons. de BufFon 

 himself informs us, [XXVII. 130. XXX. 213.] that the 

 beaver, the otter, and shrew mouse, though of the same 

 species, are larger in America than in Europe. This 

 should therefore have corrected the generality of his 

 expressions, XVIII. 145. and elsewhere, that the ani- 

 mals common to the two countries, are considerably 

 less in America than in Europe, ' et cela sans aucune ex- 

 ception.' He tells us too, [Quadrup. VIII. 344. edit. 

 Paris, 1777] that on examining a bear from America, he 

 remarked no difference, ' dans la forme de cet ours 

 d'Amerique compart a celui d'Europe ;' but adds from 

 Bartram's journal, that an American bear weighed 

 4001b. English, equal to 3671b. French : whereas we 

 find the European bear examined by M. D'Aubenton, 

 [XVII. 82.] weighed but 1411b. French. That the 

 palmated elk is larger in America than in Europe, we 

 are informed by Kalm,t a naturalist who visited the 

 former by public appointment, for the express purpose 

 of examining the subjects of natural history. In this 

 fact Pennant concurs with him. [Barrington's Mis- 

 cellanies.] The same Kalm tells ust that the black 

 moose, or renne of America is as high as a tall horse ; 

 and Catesby,§ that it is about the bigness of a middle 

 sized ox. The same account of their size has been 

 given me by many who have seen them. But Mons. 

 D'Aubenton saysjl that the renne of Europe is about 



♦ It is said, tiiat tliis animal is seldom seen above 30 miles 

 from the shore, or beyond the 56th degree of latitude. The 

 interjacent islands between Asia and America admit his passing 

 from one continent to the other without exceeding these bounds. 

 And in fact, travellers tell us that these islands are places of 

 principal resort for them, and especially in tho season of bring- 

 ing forth their young. t I. 233. Lond. 1772. 



X I. 233. Lond. 1772. i I. xxvii. || XXIV. 162. 



