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Barr's Buffon.
Buffon's Natural History
containing
The Theory of the
Earth, A General History of Man,
Of the Brute Creation, and of
Vegetables, Minerals &c. &c.
From the French, with
notes by the Translator.
In Ten Volumes
VOLUME VIII
H. D.
Symonds, Paternoster Row
1807
This electronic edition prepared by Dr.
David C. Bossard
from original documents in his personal library
December, 2009.
Copyright © 2009 by David C. Bossard.
Titlepage
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facing Titlepage
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CONTENTS.
Of Carnivorous Animals
The
Camel and the Dromedary 001
002
003
004
005
006
007
008
009
010
011
012
013
014
015 016
017
The Buffalo, the Bonasus, the Aurochs,
the Bison, &c.
018
019 020
021
022
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023
024
025
026
027 028
029
030
031
032
033
034
035
036
037
038
039
040
041
042
043
044
045
046
047
048
049
050
051
052
053
054
055
056
057
The Zebu, The Muflon and other Sheep
058
059
060
061
062
063
064
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065
066
067
068 069
070
071
072
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073 074
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The Axis
075
076
077
078
079
080
081
082
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The Tapir
083
084
085
The Zebra
086
087
088
089
090
091
092
093
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The Hippopotamus
094 095
096
097
098
099
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115 116
The Elk and the Rein Deer
117
118
119 120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127 128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
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The Wild, Chamois, and other Goats
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168 169
170
171
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The Saiga, The Gazelles or Antelopes
172
173 174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182 183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194 195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
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The Bubalus, and other Animals which have an affinity to the Gazelles
and Goats
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215 216
217
218
219 220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227 228
229
230
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The Musk
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
facing page 238
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The Porcupine
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
facing page 246
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The Giraffe or Camelopard
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268 269
270
271
272
273
facing page 260
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The Lama and the Pacos
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282 283
284
285
286
The Unau, or Four-toed, and the Ai or Three-toed Sloth
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294 295
296
297
298
The Surikat
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
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The Hamster
309
310
311
312
313
314
315 316
317
318
319 320
321
The Bobak, and other Marmots
322
323
The Jeroba
324
325
326
327 328
329
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
The Maki
338
339
340
341
342
343
344
facing page 338
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Prepared 12 December 2009 by David C.
Bossard
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