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| Buffon, G.L.L. | |
| Buffon's Natural History abridged | |
| 1792 Full Book | |
Though the Natural History of M. de Buffon is one of the most beautiful productions of the present age, yet none appeared better calculated for abridgment. If it contains much useful fact, and much animated and elegant description, it also contains much visionary theory, and much fruitless speculation. In forming this abridgment, therefore, little more was necessary than to omit these useless parts, and to simplify the language, so as to suit the understandings of young persons. No part, indeed, of these volumes, will, we flatter ourselves, be found in the least difficult to be comprehended by the youngest class of readers, if we perhaps except the four first pages and the botany. Without these the work would have been incomplete, and these it will be easy for them to omit for the present, and to reserve till their judgments shall be more matured. We would not, however, be understood to insinuate, that this publication is solely intended for the use of young persons - every reader who wishes to obtain, in an easy and agreeable manner, a general knowledge of Natural History, will find in this abridgment every material fact, every thing which it is necessary for mankind in general to know upon these subjects. In order to complete the view of Nature, which M. de Buffon had left imperfect, we have had resource to other mordern writers, from whom a considerable part of the history of birds, and the whole history of fishes, reptiles, insects, and vegetables are compiled. Chapter XIV - Of Carnivorous Animals continued - the lion - the puma, or American lion - the tiger - the panther, ounce, and leopard - the jaguar - the cougar - the lynx - the caracal - the hyaena - the civet, and Zibet - the genet - the ondatra, and desman Chapter XX - Of the serval - the ocelot - the margay - the jackal, and the adil - the isatis - the glutton - the stinking polecats - the pekan, and the vison - the sable - the leming - the Canadian otter - the seal - the sea lion - the walrus, or morse - the sea bear - the manati |
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