Excerpt from A Natural History of All the Most Remarkable Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Serpents, Reptiles, and Insects, in the Known World: Illustrative of Their Natures, Dispositions, Manners, Habits, &C It only remains to add, that the usual descriptions of form, size, colour, e'c. Are given in as concise a manner as the work will admit of, including such accounts of the manners, habits, and modes of life, of the several classes of animal creation, as are most likely to attract the atten tion cf the reader, and render the subset generally in teresting and intractive. 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 Natural History: Of the Most Remarkable Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Serpents, Reptiles, and Insects To the Lion the title of the King of the Beasts is universally allowed. It was, however, originally conferred at a period when strength, courage, and the power of spreading terror were considered as paramount qualities. Had the palm been given, as it ought always to be, to sagacity and to mildness, the sovereignty over the animal race would have been awarded to the half-reasoning elephant. 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.