I

NATURAL HISTORY

OF

THE GLOBE, OF MAN, OF BEASTS, BIRDS,

FISHES, REPTILES, INSECTS AND PLANTS.

FROM

THE WRITINGS OF BUFFON, CUVIER, LACEPEDE,

AND OTHER EMINENT NATURALISTS.

EDITED BY JOHN WRIGHT,

MEMBER OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.

A NEW EDITION,

WITH IMPROVEMENTS FROM GEOFFREY, GRIFFITH, RICHARD-
SON, LEWIS AND CLARK, LONG, WILSON, AND OTHERS.

WITH FIVE HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS.

IN FIVE VOLUMES.

VOL. IV.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY GRAY AND BOWEN.