PERUVIAN EAT» 
tilaginous ligaments notice.! by Pennant. It 
is said to live on fruits; but we apprehend 
that, like the Bats in general, it subsists chieiiy 
on Moths, and other nocturnal insects ; with- 
out being averse to almost any other species 
of food which chance may throw in it's way« 
Were we engaged in the task of erecting^ 
arranging, or even regulating, a systematic: 
history of the animal world ; we should, pro- 
bably, make one grand division of all the 
V/inged Qoadrupeds : including, not only the 
whole of the Bats ; but, also, the Flying Squir- 
rels, &c. and should afterwards endeavour to- 
marshal them 'into such subdivisions as might,..; 
on a minute investigation of their other simi- 
litudes, appear least exceptionable. To ex- 
pect an exact coincidence, in so great a va- 
riety of animals, m.ost of which we may be 
permitted to call m.is-shapen productions of na- 
ture, would be the height of absur'dity. 
" Though all beings," says Bufron, are 
equally perfect in themselves, since thev pro- 
ceed from the hands of the same Creator; yet, 
in relation to man, some beings are more ac 
complished, and others seem to be imperfect 
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