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LECTURE III. 



An the preceding Lecture, I repeated the cele- 

 brated harangue of the Count de Buffon, relative 

 to the supposed misery of the Quadrupeds called 

 Sloths, and concluded with a slight account of a 

 supposed Indian species, and of a remarkable 

 fossil skeleton, seemingly allied to the same genus. 

 I shall now proceed to the remaining animals of 

 this order, all of which are distinguished by the 

 total want of front teeth, and some are totally 

 destitute of any teeth. ' 



One of the most remarkable of these Genera 

 of Quadrupeds is that of Dasypus, or Arma- 

 dillo. This genus is readily distinguished from all 

 others, since all the species belonging to it are 

 by nature furnished with a most elegant suit of 

 bony armour, so curiously disposed, that it is im- 

 possible to behold it without the highest admira- 



