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Title page A History of the Earth and Animated Nature (1851)

The title page is somewhat damaged.A History of the Earth and Animated Nature.By Oliver Goldsmith.With an Introductory View of the Animal Kingdom, Translated from the French of Baron Cubier,and copiou [...]

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XXXV.—Squirrels. A History of the Earth and Animated Nature (1851)

1. Fire-footed Squirrel.2. Hottentot Squirrel.The book doesn’t actually mention either of these two varieties of squirrel, and the Hottentot Squirrel seems unlikely to have retained that name today.Th [...]

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XLIII.—Vicuña of Peru A History of the Earth and Animated Nature (1851)

This is captioned as Vicugna of Peru but there are a number of different spellings in the text, including vicuna, vigugna, vicunga and so on. They have wonderful wool.

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XLIII..—Aragli or Big Horn. A History of the Earth and Animated Nature (1851)

The aragli are wild sheep of East Asia. These are large sheep.

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