ZOOLOGY. 



the animals hitherto known, although it is much to be 

 expected that when the vast internal forests of the country 

 come to be explored, that animals may perhaps be found 

 exceeding in singularity and in size any which are now 

 delineated. Thus the veil of Nature will be gradually 

 removed, and the advantages of Commerce and Science 

 ultimately extended to the most distant and unknown re- 

 gions of the Globe. 



All the animals of New Holland seem to be formed with 

 legs and arms either too short or too long. This is remark- 

 ably the case with the Kangaroo, the Platypus and with the 

 Kaoli, a new animal of the Sloth kind, lately brought over 

 from that Country. As this animal is entirely new and 

 hitherto undescribed, it is our intention to give a delineation 

 and description of it in one of our succeeding numbers, 

 from the original animal in Mr. Bullock's Museum. 

 The investigation of the different varieties of Nature is at 

 least highly interesting and instructive, although not at all 

 times reconcilable to our preconceived ideas of beauty or of 

 general utility. 



The Platypus seems wholly deserted by Nature, as 

 to any means of defence from its enemies, or from animals 

 of superior strength, and may therefore be considered as 

 a perfectly harmless and timid creature. 



