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Natural History.— Zoology. 
searches in Java and the neighbouring islands.” It contains 
eight plates, four with representations of quadrupeds, and four 
delineations of birds. The quadrupeds are drawn and engraved 
on copper by the celebrated artist Daniell, and the birds are drawn 
on stone by Mr Pelletier. The plates both of quadrupeds and 
birds are beautifully coloured, and rival in this respect, as also 
in point of drawing and engraving, the most valued zoological 
works of this country. The descriptions and observations bear 
ample testimony to the learnings judgment, and skill of Dr 
Horsfield, and are so interesting, that we cannot help express- 
ing our regret that the author should limit his work to a single 
quarto volume of moderate size. The animals described in this 
number are the following . — Quadrupeds : 1. Felis Javanensis. 
% Felis gracilis. Viverra Musango. 4. Tapir Malay - 
anus. This rare and very interesting species resembles in form 
the American, and has a similar flexible proboscis, somewhat 
resembling the hog. Danielfs beautiful drawing of the animal 
conveys a most correct idea of its appearance, and of this we 
are enabled to judge from a comparison of it with the fine spe- 
cimen in the Iloyal Museum of Edinburgh. The following 
details are given by Dr Horsfield of the history of its discovery : 
The first intelligence of its existence in Sumatra was given to 
the Government of Fort Marlborough at Bencoolen, in the 
year 1772, by Mr Whalfeldt, who was employed in making a 
survey of the coast. In the month of April of that year, it is 
noticed in the records, that Mr Whalfeldt laid before the Go- 
vernment his observations on the places southward of Cawoor, 
where he met with the tapir at the mouth of one of the rivers. 
He considered it to be the hippopotamus, and described it by 
that name. Mr Marsden, the distinguished Historian of Su- 
matra, was at that time at Bencoolen, and the public owes to his 
zeal in collecting every useful information relating to that island, 
the first notice of the existence of this animal After the first 
discovery in 1772, the tapir was not observed for a consider- 
able period. In the year 1805, a living specimen was sent to 
Sir George Leith, when Lieutenant-Governor of Prince of 
Wales’ Island. It was afterwards observed by Mr Farquhar, 
in the vicinity of Malacca. A drawing and description of it 
were communicated by him to the Asiatic Society in 1816, and 
