t6z NATURAL HISTORY IN ANECDOTE. 



ORDER VI. '^^ ^^^ ^°^ "* ^^ aquatic vegetarian who 

 The Sea lives on the coast. Of the three genera which 

 Cow. constitute the family ManatidcB one is now said 

 to be extinct. The genus Manatus contains two species, one 

 belonging to South America and the other to the West Coast 

 of Africa. The Dugong (Halicore Dugong) which attains to 

 a length of nine or ten feet at maturity produces oil having 

 similar medicinal properties to that obtained from the Cod's 

 liver. It inhabits the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, the neigh- 

 bourhood of the Malay Islands and the North and East 

 coasts of Australia. 



ORDER VII "^^^ order of hoofed animals includes a 

 Hoofed number of well known species, of which the 

 Animals. Horse, the Ass, the Ox and the Sheep among 

 the tame, and the Rhinoceros, the Hippopotamus, the Boar and 

 the Bison among the wild are f£imiliar examples. The order 

 is divided into two sub-orders and these into numerous 

 families. The sub-orders are, I, The Perissodactyla, which 

 includes three families of animals characterised by an odd 

 nimiber of toes in their hind feet, the horse having one, and 

 the Rhinoceros three. II, The Artiodactyla which includes 

 seven families of animals all having an even number of 

 toes. 



The Horse. The horse Stands first among the hoofed ani- 

 mals, as the friend and servant of man. He has a history 

 which is full of interest but which it is quite impossible to 

 give within the limits of our present opportunity. He is 

 mentioned in both classical and Biblical history at an early 

 period, but there is resison to believe that he flourished in pre- 

 historic times. He was used by the Greeks in their public 

 games, the chariot race being one of their most popular forms 

 of entertainment; he was also employed by them for the 

 purposes of war, of which the writings of Homer and other 

 classical authors give abundant proof. First used apparently 

 to draw the chariot only, the adaptation of the means to the 



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