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1765. In the course of his travels he visited Buffon 

 (1707-1787) at Paris, and informs us that " the celebrated 

 naturalist was satisfied with my proficiency in natural 

 history, and publickly acknowledged his favourable 

 sentiments of my studies in the fifteenth volume of his 

 ' Histoire Naturelle.' Unfortunately long before I had 

 any thoughts of enjoying the honour of his acquaintance 

 I had in my ' British Zoology ' made a comparison between 

 the free-thinking philosopher and our great and religious 

 countryman, Mr. Ray, much to the advantage of the 



latter but such was his irritability, that in the 



first volume of his ' Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux,' he 

 fell on me most unmercifully, but happily often without 

 reason." From France, Pennant passed on to Germany 

 and Holland, and at The Hague met Pallas (1741-1811), 

 the famous traveller, " a momentous affair, for it gave 

 rise to my ' Synopsis of Quadrupeds,' * and the second 

 edition, under the name of the ' History of Quadrupeds,' t 

 a work received by the naturalists of different parts of 

 Europe in a manner uncommonly favourable." 



To return to the " British Zoology," the full title is 

 as follows : — 



" The / British Zoology / Class I. Quadrupeds. / 

 II. Birds. / Published under the Inspection of the / 

 Cymmorodorion Societ}^ / Instituted for the / Promoting 

 Useful Charities and the knowledge of / Nature among 

 the Descendants of the / Ancient Britons. / Illustrated 

 with / one hundred and seven Copper Plates. / London : / 

 Printed by J. & J. March, on the Tower Hill, for the 

 Society : / and sold for the Benefit of the British Charity 

 School on / Clerkenwell-Green. MDCCLXVI. 



1 vol., imp. foho. Collation : pp. 14, un. + pp. 162 + 

 pp. 4, Index and list of " Encouragers to this Under- 

 taking," + CXXXII. Plates. (A fifth part containing 

 twenty-five plates was added to the one hundred and 

 seven enumerated in the above title, thus making one 



* Chester, 1771, 1 vol., 8vo. f London, 1781, 2 vols., 4to. 



