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now are in Natolia. Canines are indicated by them 
under denominations which the moderns applied at 
random to animals now found on the spot, without 
comparing the notices which for a considerable pe- 
riod have been within reach; but it is only since 
numerous recent travels have been published, that 
an attempt may be made to clear up several obscuri- 
ties in the path of zoology, without incurring the 
same certainty of misleading the public as for- 
merly. 
