Excerpt from A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature, Vol. 2 of 6 A'rnn ton wnmmwn and coumewoon; r., c., and J. Rivingtoi; Lonmun, mws't, nus, onus, and brown cumu. And davies J. Nm; 3. Richardson; J. M. Mcxunnson; s. Mos'mn; J. And A. Arch; J. Unnuu; J. 1300x113; baldwin, camocx and joy 1. Black; gale um fbnneb walker and mums J. Robinson; um n. Reynolds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, Vol. 2 In all birds, except nocturnal ones, the head is smaller, and bears less proportion to the body than in quadrupeds, that it may more readily divide the air in flying, and make way for the body, so as to render its passage more easy. Their eyes also are more flat and depressed than in quadrupeds a circle of small plates of bone, placed scalewise, under the outer coat of the organ, encompasses the pupil on each, to strengthen and defend it from injuries. Besides this, birds have a kind of skin, called the nictitating membrane, with which, like a vail, they can at pleasure cover their eyes, though their eye-lids continue open. This membrane takes its rise from the greater or more obtuse corner of the eye, and serves to wipe, cleanse, and probably to mois ten its surface. The eyes, though they out wardly appear but small, yet, separately, each almost equals the brain whereas in man the brain is more than twenty times larger than the orbit of the eye. Nor is this organ in birds less adapted for vision by a particular expansion of the optic nerve, which renders the impressions of external objects more vivid and distinct. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, Vol. 2 of 2 From this conformation, they have often been oompredtonshipmakingitemythroughm; the trunkot'the bodywmntothehmthe headtotheprow.thetailtotherndder, nndthe wingetotheoars; flout-thence thepoetehave adopted the metaphorofmigium damn, when theyducrihedthewnvymotiohot'nbirdin flight. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature, Vol. 2 of 5 XVII. Of Animals of the Weasel kind, The Ermine, or Stoat, The Ferret, The Polecat, The Martin, The Sable. The Ichneumon, The Stinkards, The Genette, The Civet, The Glutton, El Fennec. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature, Vol. 4 of 6 As in mechanics the most curious instruments are generally the most complicated, so it is in ana tomy. The body of man presents the greatest-variety upon dissection quadrupeds, less perfectly formed, discover their defects in the simplicity of their consi formation; the mechanism of birds is still less com plex; fishes are furnished with fewer organs still whilst insects, more imperfect than all, seem to fill up the chasm that separates animal from vegetable nature. Of man, the most perfectanimal, there are but three or four species; of quadrnpeda, the kinds are more numerous; birds are more various still fishes yet more; but insects afi'ord so very great a Variety, that they elude the search of the most inquia sitive pursuer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.