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MEMOIR OF PENNANT. 
Hindostan. These volumes are gleaned from the 
works of his predecessors, and touch on almost every 
branch. They are illustrated by a map and seve- 
ral plates. Among those devoted to natural history 
are three botanical plates etched by Sowerby ; and 
a representation of the Passarage Bustard, Otis au- 
rita of Dr Latham, whose sexes, and different 
states of plumage, seem only to have been lately 
known to the continental ornithologists. 
The third and fourth volumes of the same work 
contain the history of India beyond the Ganges, 
China, and Japan, with the Malayan isles and New 
Holland. These their author did not live to see fi- 
nished ; but having left the manuscript complete, they 
were printed under the care of his son, and appeared 
in 1800. 
We have now endeavoured to give a brief account 
of the voluminous works of Thomas Pennant, which, 
short in comparison with the originals, and wanting 
much of their interest, will, we fear, have appeared 
tedious to many of our readers ; but, to use the 
words of a writer to whom we are indebted for many 
eloquent memoirs, beautifully detailing the careers of 
his predecessors and companions in research, “ When 
the life of a man is entirely devoted to the sciences, 
it cannot be expected that it will present a variety 
of incident ; it tvill be found most truly in the ana- 
lysis of his works This we have found verified, 
• Cuvier. 
