Al DONTE Re ie Sects MP EN rs 
of SreELLER; which have aflifted me in the hiftory of parts 
hitherto but very flightly underftood. 
From the correfpondency and labors of Mr. Eprru. Auc. 
WILLIAM ZIMMERMAN, Profeffor of Mathematics at Brun/- 
wic, I have colleéted moft uncommon. inftruction. His Specimen 
Zoologia Geographice Quadrupedum* is a work which gives a 
full view of the clafs of Quadrupeds, and the progrefs they have 
made in fpreading over the face of the earth, according to cli- 
mates and latitudes. Their limits are defcribed, in general, with 
uncommon accuracy. Much is faid of the climates themfelves ; of 
the varieties of mankind; of the effects of heat and cold'on them 
and other animals. A moft curious map is joined to the work, . 
in which is given the name of every animal in its proper cli- 
mate ; fo that a view of the whole Quadruped creation is placed 
before one’s eyes, in a manner perfe&tly new and inftructive +. 
To the following foreigners, diftinguifhed for their literary 
knowlege, I muft pay my beft acknowlegement for variety 
of moft ufeful communications: Doctor ANDERs SPARMAN, of 
Stockholm ; Doctor CHARLES P. THunBERG, of Up/al; Mr. 
Anp. J. Rerzius, Profeffor of Natural Hiftory at Lund; Mr. 
MarTIn THRANE Brunnicu, Profeflor of Natural Hiftory, 
and Mr. Orno Mutter, Author of the Zoologia Danica, both 
of Copenhagen: and let me add my great obligations to the la- 
‘bors of the Reverend Mr. Orto Fasricius, for his moft 
finifhed Fauna of Greenland. 
* A quarto in Latin, containing 685 pages, printed at Leyden, 1777 ; fold in London 
by Mr. Faden, Geographer, St. Martin’s Lane. 
+ A new edition of the map has been lately publifhed by the learned Author ; the- 
geographical part is corrected according to the late voyages of Captain Coox, and great 
additions made to the zoological part. An explanation is given, in the third volume of- 
the Zoologia Geographica, lately publifhed in German.by the Author. 
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