NATURAL HISTORY: 
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QUADRUPEDS. 
- THEIR GENERAL NATURE. 
Quaprureps, after MAN, in Natural Hiftory, 
require the next attention, and for the following rea{- 
‘ons. Being of fimilar ftructure with ourfelves, hav- 
ing initinéts and properties fuperior to all other parts 
of animated nature, affording great afliftance to man, 
and fometimes exerciling the greateft hoftilities, mutt 
render them the moftinterefting part of the creation, 
and claim the firft attention of the geet 
SimiLitupE TO Maw.....Like us, they are elevat- 
ed above the birds, by their young being produced 
alive ; above the clafs of fifhes, by breathing through 
the lungs; above infects, by blood circulating througtz 
their veins; and moftly above all parts of the crea- 
tion, by being partly or entirely covered with hair. 
Since quadrupeds fo nearly approach us in animal per- 
feétion, how little reafon have we to be vain of our 
corporeal qualities ! } ‘i 
Ficure..... The heads of quadrupeds are generally 
adapted to their mode of living. In fome, it is fharp, 
_ to-enable them to turn up the earth, where they fad 
their food si eR ; in others, it islong, in order to 
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