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now wholly disappeared with the woods, and the over-peopling of the 
island has done away with the large domestic animals. The few Oxen 
which were found on the first occupation of the island were merely used 
for husbandry ; but there were neither Buffaloes nor Sheep, which latter 
(of a broad tailed species) were very numerous in China. Several skins 
of the Manis pentadactyla were seen, which must have been the product 
of the island. Two specimens of the Cervus axis were brought from 
Formosa. 
Souvenirs d’un Voyage dans I’lnde execute de 1834 a 
1839, par M. Adolphe Delessert. Paris, 1843. 8vo. 
This work is divided into a description of his Travels and a Zoological 
Appendix. The first seems merely intended for the information of the 
author’s private friends, and contains no scientific information. His 
longest stay was at Pondicherry, whence he undertook many hunting 
expeditions to the Nilgherries, and made a large collection, which con- 
tains no less than 1200 specimens of Mammalia. The Appendix 
stretches over all the chief divisions of Zoology, and is furnished with 
beautiful plates, six of which belong to Therology ; — Tab. 1. Bos fron- 
talis : 2. Canis primwvus : 3. Sciurus Belessertii : 4. Skull of Scimrus 
Delessertii and insignis : 5. Skull of Sc. RafUesii : and 6. Skull of 
Sc. awt'iv enter. 
Verliandelingen over de Natuurl : geschiedenis, &c. Zoologie. 
No. 7. Leid : 1842. 
The seventh number of this publication falls to be mentioned, which 
is accompanied with eight plates, — “ Semnopithecus sumatranus, Rhi- 
noceros sondaicus and sumatranus, Bos sondaicus, Cervus Kuhlii;’^ 
skull and horns of “ Cervus russa, Russa moluccensis, Russa timoriensis, 
equinus and Kuhlii:” of Birds — “ Buceros cassidix.” Very beautiful 
and correct plates, which show that the work is making good progress ; 
so that it would be much to be lamented, if, as the prospectus holds out, 
it should soon come to a conclusion, just as a commencement has been 
made to represent the zoological relations of the Colonies of the Nether- 
lands. The very great expense at which this work, by distinguished 
naturalists, has been begun, makes continued elaboration in the same 
scale necessary ; and, for the interest of science, we hope that the en- 
lightened Government of Holland, which encourages in the strongest 
way every scientific aim, will atford to this work, one of the most im- 
portant in our department, the means of completion. In this way, they 
will erect such a monimient in the history of the sciences as few nations 
can exhibit. 
Fauna Japonica, sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere 
per Japonicam, jiissu et aiispiciis siiperiorura, &c. Suscepto, 
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