. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . nded with each other ; and, although there is fomedifference in their fize, and in the difpofition of theirfpots, yet thefe have been fo indifcfiminately defined, asto make it dilBcult to form a true criterion, fo as accu-rately to diftinguifh each fpecies. Strikingly fimilar inthe form of their bodies, in the beauty of their (kins, aswell as in their difpofitions and habits, which feem to beequally formed for rapine and cruelty,—there is great HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 211 room to conjecture, that commixture may be one greatcaufe
. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . nded with each other ; and, although there is fomedifference in their fize, and in the difpofition of theirfpots, yet thefe have been fo indifcfiminately defined, asto make it dilBcult to form a true criterion, fo as accu-rately to diftinguifh each fpecies. Strikingly fimilar inthe form of their bodies, in the beauty of their (kins, aswell as in their difpofitions and habits, which feem to beequally formed for rapine and cruelty,—there is great HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 211 room to conjecture, that commixture may be one greatcaufe of producing the flight differences obfervable —If we regard the figure and diverfity of the fpots,we (hall find many varieties not taken notice of by na-turaUfts ; if we be led to judge by the fize, we fhall findan almofl imperceptible gradation from the Cat to theTiger. It would be vain, therefore, to make as manyvarieties in thefe animals, as we fee differences in fpotsor ftature: It will be fufficient to point out the moft ge-neral O2 212 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS.
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