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The bear’s looks announce his ferocity and de- 
ftruftive power. Fond of deferts, he avoids the 
bufy walks of men. 
The boar is equally remarkable as a wild beaff, 
whofe coarfe afpe61: announces his vile and voracious 
difpofition. The hedge-hog, likewife, bears the ftamp 
of his charafter for diflruft, malice, and gluttony. 
The lion’s profile is fuited to his high rank as 
the king of animals. His majefty appears in a 
ftriking manner, when we obferve the contour of 
his forehead, with a ftraightifli ailgle which the out- 
line exhibits from his moft prominent feature down 
to the lower jaw. His other traits are equally ex- 
preflive of power and dignity. 
A man who refembled this animal in the face 
would certainly pafs for an extraordinary character; 
but we doubt that fuch a perfe6f likenefs will ever 
be found. 
Tieachery and blood-thirfly rage are flaraped in 
legible charafters on the tiger’s eyes and muzzle. 
Cats are tamed tigers, of a fmaller fize ; weaker, 
but no better natured, except fo far as their man- 
ners are poliflied. Thus they furpafs the largeft 
fpecies in refined cruelty towards birds and mice, 
by taking plcafure to prolong the fufferings of their 
vi6lims. 
The buffalo’s frightful figure indicateis his brutal 
Inclinations to ftrike and throw down whatever 
comes in his way. 
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