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By comparing the magnitude of such quadrupeds 

 in Europe, and in America, as are common to both, 

 and derive their support from the hand of nature, 

 we shall of consequence have another comparative 

 view of the vigour and force to which animated na- 

 ture arrives, in each country. Several of those qua- 

 drupeds, whose weight has been ascertained in Ver- 

 mont, M. BufFon has given us the weight of in Eu- 

 rope. They are these. 





Wt. in Eur. 



Wt. inVcr, 





Lb 8. oz. 



iba^ oz» 



The Bear . . . . 



. 153 7 



456 



Wolf . • . . 



69 8 



92 



Deer • • • • 



. 288 8 



308 



Fox, red . • • 



. 13 5 



20 



Porcupine • • • 



2 2 



16 



Martin • • • • 



19 



5 4 



Polecat • • • . 



3 3 



7 8 



Hare • • • • 



7 6 



8 



Rabbit . . . . 



3 4 



7 



Weasel ... . 



2 2.2 . 



12 



Ermine . • • • 



8.2 • 



14 



Flying squirrel 



2.2 . 



10 



Beaver • . • • 



. 18 5 



63 8 



Otter . . . . 



8 9 



29 8 



From this comparison it appears that every one of 

 these animals, is larger in America than it is ia 

 Europe. The inference is clear and decisive : It is 

 in America, and not in Europe, that these quadru- 

 peds of a cold climate, attain their greatest magni- 

 tudcj and highest perfection. 



