HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 203 



In taking a furvey of this beautiful race of animals, we 

 are unavoidably led to obferve, that much remains for 

 the laborious refearches of the natural hiftorian, before a 

 complete account can be made out of the various kinds 

 of which it is compofed. — Several fpecies are frequently 

 found in the Eaft-Indies, in the woods near the Cape of 

 Good Hope, and in the continent of America; but in 

 general thefe have been fo negligently or fo injudicioufly 

 mentioned, as to render it impoflible to form a perfect 



defcription of them. A good hiflory of thefe animals 



is one of the many defiderata of the naturalift ; but when 

 we confider the great diftance which moft of this fero- 

 cious tribe obferve in their feparation from mankind, and 

 the dangers that muft be encountered in approaching 

 their folitary habitations, we are obliged to lament that 

 this defirable objecl; is not likely to be foon accomplifhed. 



