. The museum of natural history, with introductory essay on the natural history of the primeval world : being a popular account of the structure, habits, and classification of the various departments of the animal kingdom, quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, shells, and insects, including the insects destructive to agriculture . rather to belooked npon as special modifications of one commonarebetyiial plan. Speaking of secondary causes, wemay say that nature developes progressively, and inaccordance with the motto, -Nildlper sallurn. Sucha view is al the same time quite consistent with thenot
. The museum of natural history, with introductory essay on the natural history of the primeval world : being a popular account of the structure, habits, and classification of the various departments of the animal kingdom, quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, shells, and insects, including the insects destructive to agriculture . rather to belooked npon as special modifications of one commonarebetyiial plan. Speaking of secondary causes, wemay say that nature developes progressively, and inaccordance with the motto, -Nildlper sallurn. Sucha view is al the same time quite consistent with thenotion that each animal—the Aard-wolf, for example—is an independent entity, a distinct species, aseparate creation, an expression of the Divine will. Observe how closely this creature resembles severalother allied forms. In general appearance and attitudeit is like the true hyaenas, and this apparent identityis perhaps even more obvious in the dentition and iuthe structure of the skeleton. In respect of its size,the form of the head, and in the circumstance of itsexcavating burrows for diurnal retreat, we notice itsfox-like qualities, while in several other particulars itapproaches the civets. The molars are small, andvary in number from sixteen to twenty. The fore-feet are penladactylous, having the digit of the thumb. Tlie Aard-Wolf (Pioteles Lalandii). slightly raised. The hind-feet have only four tail is comparatively short. The texture of thefur is soft and woolly, except along the central line ofthe back and neck, where it is long and rigid, andforms an erectile mane, the individual hairs beingupwards of six inches long. The body displays ayellowish ashy-brown colour, the sides being irregu-larly banded with eight or ten dark-brown stripes,whilst the legs are also lined with similar transversemarkings. Like its congeners, tlie habits of the Aard-wolf are nocturnal, and it feeds on various kinds ofanimal and vegetable food, and from the observationsof Sparrraan,
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