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when he says that such a procedure will avoid all confusion 
of scientific language. But, throughout the ‘Traite d’Ana- 
tomie comparee des Animaux domestiques, 5 ’ the author has 
only exceptionally separated the dog from the cat. We be- 
lieve that, (e for a carnivorous group, the feline animals must 
be selected as the standard — most characteristic example — of 
the order ; but, in its totality, without reference to especial 
modifications, the dog has better claim to be placed at the 
head ; 5 ’ accordingly Chauveau has mainly devoted his atten- 
tion to this animal, hence he has been sometimes led into error 
in not signalising generic anatomical differences. MM. Rigot 
and Lavocat had established this precedent in their * Com- 
plete Treatise of the Anatomy of the Domesticated Animals;’ 
and Professor Leyh, of Stuttgart, also groups the ‘ Fleisch- 
fressern , 5 or c Flesh- eaters , 5 under one head, when speaking of 
differences. 
In a work on comparative anatomy, which should really 
be the basis for a complete zoological classification of our 
domesticated animals, — always retaining the horse as the 
standard of comparison, — the differences should, we conceive^ 
be better detailed than they have been hitherto, where 
authors have modestly aimed at giving a rough sketch of the 
anatomy of the other animals which are subservient to man. 
We record this stricture to prove we are no adulators, but 
desire to be just critics ; for this is, after all, only one of the 
very many works, by very able authors, the contents of which 
do not exactly come up to the professions of the title and the 
preface. Such a reflection has often suggested to us a 
simile between books and ladies. But, witticism aside, it is 
a question we have sometimes put to ourselves, — Why 
should not the anatomy of all our domesticated animals be 
taught ? Chauveau has incorporated in his w r ork what Pro- 
fessor Gurlt proffered some time back to the public, in his 
‘ Magazin fur die Gesammte Thierheilkunde,’ viz. : The 
anatomy of domesticated birds. He has not yet ventured so 
far as some of the fanatic naturalizers and domesticators of ani- 
mals, now-a-days, to speak about fishes. We have it, however, 
from a good source that he has not shrunk from the difficult 
task of dissecting the osseous and muscular system in many 
