112 ON THE ANIMAL CALLED SAPHAN. 
own opinion is shaken or overthrown; and that Bruce, 
who has made use of his materials, by a little more research, 
might have made out a much stronger and more decided 
case, in support of that animal, which we think he and 
Dr Shaw are right in judging to be the Saphan of the 
Hebrew Scriptures.* 
• See the article Daman, in the " Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire 
Naturelle." 
