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fion. Thofe animals, of which accounts 
have been never before given, or which 
have been hitherto unknown, will be ac- 
companied with coloured engravings, re- 
prefentingTeveralnewgenera, and confider- 
able varieties in the fpecies. Though a de^ 
fcription and figure of the giraffe have 
been given after fome authors, this has 
not prevented me from giving new ones. 
What has been hitherto faid refpefting this 
animal, and the figures which have been 
engraved of it, have no refemblance to 
the original in my cabinet, or to what I 
have obferved of its manners in its native 
country. 
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