. The encyclopædia of geography: comprising a complete description of the earth, physical, statistical, civil, and political. 3(l2 DESCRIPTIVE GEOGRAPHY. Part is represented as still to be met with in the extensive forests of Calabria. The Porcupine,now wild in those countries, is supposed, (but with a sligflit show of reason,) to have beenintroduced from Africa; but for what purpose we are uninformed. The Buffalo is domesti-cated in Greece and Turkey, and some parts of southern Italy; where it is sometimes, thoughrarely, used for draujrht. Tlie ornitholon-y of the countries bordering up
. The encyclopædia of geography: comprising a complete description of the earth, physical, statistical, civil, and political. 3(l2 DESCRIPTIVE GEOGRAPHY. Part is represented as still to be met with in the extensive forests of Calabria. The Porcupine,now wild in those countries, is supposed, (but with a sligflit show of reason,) to have beenintroduced from Africa; but for what purpose we are uninformed. The Buffalo is domesti-cated in Greece and Turkey, and some parts of southern Italy; where it is sometimes, thoughrarely, used for draujrht. Tlie ornitholon-y of the countries bordering upon the JMediterranean presents manyinteresting peculiarities. The vultures, which are seldom found northward of the Alps,occur more frequently as the climate becomes warmer. This tribe appears to follow thecourse of the Apennines in Italy, and of the higiicr mountains of Spain and Greece, fromwhence thej^ extend their range to Asia Minor and northern Africa. The Imperial Eagle(Fulco imperiaUs Tem.) is chiefly found in southern Europe, while the Golden Eagle ismuch more numerous in the colder latitudes. The gigantic Owls of the polar regions arehere unknown;
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