But as the " Rigne Animal'' of the Baron is little more tlhn a scientific synopsis, into 

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 habits, manners, &c. should enter, it became necessary for the perfection of the English 

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 has been added to the text of Cuvier, containing (he Natural History of the living beings 

 which he has classified. In this Supplement nothing of interest or importance stated by 

 foregoing writers has been omitted ; all recent discoveries have been noticed; and much 

 original matter, derived from private communication, and never before published, has been 

 inserted. Nothing, in short, has been left undone to render (his part of "The Animal 

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To make the work complete, as a book of reference, a tabular enumeration has been 

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 not to be found in the " Eigne Animal." In this pari many new species are described, 

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