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the fubjed of a future Letter, inftcad 

 of claffing them, according to Linnceus, 

 with Monkeys. 



Among the different fpecies of Land 

 Animals, Quadrupedes feem to demand 

 a primary confideration, as being to 

 mankind the moft iaterefting of the 

 animal creation, on account either of 

 their reciprocal fervices, or mutual en- 

 mity. Thefe are either Savage or Do- 

 meftic; tho' the number of domed ic 

 animals muft naturally be few in Gui- 

 ana, where the perpetual abfence of 

 winter, by rendering human providence 

 unneceffary for their fubfiftance, has en- 

 abled them to enjoy a life of ruftic free- 

 dom and independence. 



In the following Letter I fhall not 

 defcend to an anatomical defcription of 

 the internal ftrufture and mechanifm of 

 the Animals of this country, which 



would 



