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Dr Davy on the Temperature of Man 
Jungle Cat. — At Colombo, on the 26th of February, air 80°, 
the temperature of a young animal of this species of Yiverra was 
99°. 
Cur Dog. — At Kandy, on the 29th of May, the temperature 
of an animal of this kind was 102°.5, and of another 103°.5, — 
both nearly full grown. 
Jackall. — At Colombo, on the 9th of April, air 84°, the 
temperature of two young jackalls was 101°. 
Common Cat. — In London, on 5th September, air 60°, the 
temperature of a full grown cat was 101° ; and in Kandy, on 
the 7th of April, air 79°, the temperature of another was 102°. 
Felix Pandus. — At Colombo, on the 10th of February, air 
81°, the temperature of a young fierce animal of this kind, about 
four months old, was 102°. 
Horse. — At Kandy, on the 14th of last June, air 80°, the 
temperature of a horse of Arab descent* was 99°.5. 
Sheep. — In Scotland, I have observed the temperature of 
sheep in summer to vary from 101° to 104° ; at the Cape of 
Good Hope, in winter, air 67°, in six different instances I found 
the temperature of the African sheep to vary from 103° to 104° ; 
and in Ceylon, in the neighbourhood of Colombo, air 78°, the 
temperature of one sheep was 104°, and that of another 105°. 
Goat. — At Mount Livinia, near Colombo, on the 27th De- 
cember, air 78°, the temperature of a full grown castrated goat 
was 103°, that of a female about nine months old 104°. 
Ox. — At Edinburgh, in the summer of 1813, the blood of an 
ox, flowing from the carotids, was 100° ; in Kandy, on the 28th 
of May, air 80°, the temperature of an ox, ascertained in the 
same way, was 102°. 
Elk. — At Mount Livinia, on the 27th of December, air 78°, 
the temperature of a female elk was 103°. 
Hog. — At Hanville, in Doombera, on the 26th of Novem- 
ber, air 75°, the temperature of the blood of a wild hog, flowing 
from the carotids, was 105° ; at Mount Livinia, air 80°, the 
temperature of two young domestic pigs was the same. 
Elephant. — At Colombo, on the 22d of September, air 80°, 
the temperature of a full grown healthy elephant was 99°.5. 
It was ascertained by placing a thermometer in a deep abscess 
in the back. 
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