THE BROWN LLAMA. 
AUCHENIA GLAMA. ILuc. 
Tne study of the mutual relations of organs and of 
functions, not only of such as are obviously connected 
with each other, but of those between which there 
appears at the first glance to be no bond of connexion 
whatever, is one of the most curious that can occupy 
the attention of the zoologist. It has been remarked 
by M. Cuvier, that no process of reasoning a priori 
could have led to the conclusion that a parted hoof 
necessarily implied the existence of ruminating sto- 
machs; but the universality of the fact, ascertained 
by observation, compels us to admit that this mutual 
dependence of parts having no immediate relationship 
with each other is the work of an overruling power, 
acting upon a uniform system, and in pursuance of a 
definite design. The form and structure of the horny 
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