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divifions, as they are hoofed or digitated-^ 
the former, as they are whole or cloven ; 
the latter, as they are divided into more, or 
fewer claws ; admitting alfo of fubdiviiions 
or genera^ from the number of the claws, 
and in fome, from the confideration of the 
teeth. 
At the time when Mr. Ray lived, few 
people had acquired a tafte for this kind of 
knowledge, and commerce had not lent her 
friendlv aid, as in later times. What ani- 
mals came under his own infpedtion, he 
has defcribed with his accuftomed accu- 
racy j from Gesner and Aldrovand he 
borrows his defcriptions of others ^ and 
many later difcovered fubjedts he drew from 
Piso and Marcgraave, from Clu- 
sius, Hernandez, Laet, and Nierem- 
BERG. 
In the courfe of this work, he has, in va- 
rious inftances, given the anatomical ftruc- 
ture, from Dr. Tyson, from the Par if an 
Diffefl:ions,''and other w^orks. Through- 
out the whole, he has fhewn how intimately 
he was acquainted with the learning of the 
ancients, and particularly with Ar i s t o t l e , 
, R 2 whom. 
