. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . thechara£teriftic differences do not appear to be great, how-ever they may vary in fize or in colour; and it is certain,that the modes of living, faculties, and propenfities ofthefe animals, are ftrikingly fimilar: So that, if we rea-fon from analogy on that fubjedl, we may fairly con-clude, that different kinds of Monkies may unite andpropagate with the fame facility as the Goat and theSheep, or the almoft innumerable kinds of Dogs. The greater part of the cuts we have given of the Ba-boons, Apes, and Monkies, we were fortunat
. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . thechara£teriftic differences do not appear to be great, how-ever they may vary in fize or in colour; and it is certain,that the modes of living, faculties, and propenfities ofthefe animals, are ftrikingly fimilar: So that, if we rea-fon from analogy on that fubjedl, we may fairly con-clude, that different kinds of Monkies may unite andpropagate with the fame facility as the Goat and theSheep, or the almoft innumerable kinds of Dogs. The greater part of the cuts we have given of the Ba-boons, Apes, and Monkies, we were fortunate in pro-curing from living obje£ls, or drawings which might bedepended on: And it is to be lamented, that, amongflthe numbers that have been publifhed, fo few fhould pof-fefs that peculiar character fo obfervable in the variousmembers of this imitative tribe, which it is wholly im-poffible to trace from a fluffed fkin, void of every kind ofexpreffion; the mufcular parts, which fliould convey theidea of aftion, being generally ill fupplied, or 48o HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS.
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