Excerpt from Buffon's Natural History of Man, the Globe, and of Quadrupeds, Vol. 1: With Additions From Cuvier, Lacepede, and Other Eminent Naturalists Few studies are at once more attractive and more bene ficial, especially to youthful minds, than the study of Na tural History. While the contemplation of the habits, manners, and instincts of the myriads of species that people the earth, the air, and the waters, affords a perennial source of amusement, it can scarcely fail, at the same time to raise our thoughts to Him by whose omnipotent fiat those myri ads were Originally called into existence; and by whom they were placed under the dominion of Man. 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.
