that he can (if some writers may be believed) toss á horse and his rider; with his tongue, which is hard and rough, he can wound the flesh of man. His hair is red, yellow, or black; his eyes very large and fierce. Another wild species in North America exhales a musky smell; and his flesh, being of a strong, disagreeable taste, is not fit for eating.

THE CAMELEOPARD, OR GIRAFF.

HERE Nature seems to have forgotten her general rules of symmetry, in giving to this extraordinary quadruped, a small head with a large body, and fore legs much longer than the hinder ones, without letting us into the secret of her reasons for composing such a shape. This curious animal is found in the remotest part of Africa. His head, which resembles that of a horse, is armed with two small

E numerous rusty spots.

horns, blunt, and of an iron colour; the hair is whitish, mixed with tawny, and sprinkled with He feeds on vegetables entirely, and is obliged to spread his fore feet very wide in order to reach the ground. His timidity is equal to his strength, and an animal, that might fight a bull, may be led by a child with a small line or cord about his neck. It is said, that the flesh of this animal is a pleasing and wholesome food.

THIS Small quadruped is well known on our table as affording a delicious meat to the palate. His swiftness cannot save him from the search of his enemies, among whom man is the most inveterate. Unarmed and fearful, the Hare sleeps with open eyes, if he sleep at all. His hind legs are longer than his fore legs, to enable him to run up hills; his eyes are so prominently jutting out of his head, that they can encompass at once the whole horizon of the plain where he has chosen his form, so his seat or bed is called; and his ears so long, that the least noise canpot escape him. He seldom outlives his seventh

year, and breeds plentifully. His flesh is dark, but of a delightful taste. Naturally wild and timorous, he may, however, be tamed, and taught several little tricks, which are often the amusement of the vulgar. -The following lines are elegantly descriptive of what this innocent animal must feel when hunted in the plain:

and who can tell what pangs,

What dreadful aches her throbbing bosom tear,
When, at her heels, the yelping pack of hounds,
Thro' brakes, thro' hedges, open lawns and dales,
Presses on her th' insequent death?-She runs,
She flies, and leaps, and bounces to deceive
The scent-inhaling foes, who urge the chace,
And toil to catch a booty not their own.
The dales, the lawns, she crosses back in vain,
Till fainting-breathless-spent-at last she drops
On some fresh verdant turf, or thymy bank,
Once the fair scene of her nocturnal sports"

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Is not unlike the hare; his flesh is white and good, but not so much prized; his head, ears, and tail are shorter than the hare's. The colour of the wild rabbit is constantly the same; but we have domestic ones of nearly every colour. The female begins to breed when she is about twelve months old, and bears at least seven times a year. The skin of

the Rabbit, like that of the hare, is much esteemed for several uses; and, although he is less timid than the hare, he will flee from man as soon as he sees him: the female is very careful in concealing her litter, lest the male should destroy it, which is generally the case when he finds it in his way. One of the dissenting points in the characteristics of these two animals, so like each other in many respects, is, that the hare lives above, and the Rabbit under ground.

Is about the bigness of a common rat; his snout resembles that of a hog, and his feet are somewhat like those of the bear, but turned backward, and armed with five strong toes, that have sharp nails; the ears of the Mole are without outside shells, and consist in two small orifices. His eyes are so small, that it has been long believed that this animal, living always under ground, was not provided with the organs of sight. The burrow, in which the female brings forth her young, is strewed with grass and dry leaves for their accommodation, and divides into several holes in different directions to the length of fourteen or fifteen feet, for the security of the family.

THE BLOODHOUND

Is larger than the beagle or any other huntingdog. He is of the colour of other hounds, being red and brown; he has long ears, and seldom barks except in hunting, and then will follow his game through woods and thickets, and never leaves until he catches and kills it. He is employed in chasing the hare, fox, hart, badger, &c.