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    4 * p& Wr ^ Wffl < ^ % * ^ M $ M € ^ $ $ M pictpud . v ^ pipa $ f luite / , the pretty Mxeyr , $% \ St ^ 0 m y &M ^ W nfy iiM ?^> *^^ t ° g # ¦ , ] $ & » $ tyfc Miranda , by Meadows . The mouih arid the lower pa ^ o | the face js ^ sa 4 failure ; but the eyes are truth-lik e and beautiiful , and tne figure and drapery well designed .

    An History \ oj \ BriUsh Quadrupeds . By Thomas Bell , F . R . S . Professor of Zoology in King ' s College . Part VII . This number comprises the history of the horse , so admirably condensed that we believe it would be impossible to find so much and such accurate information concerning that beautiful and valuable race of animals , in many works of much greater length . We learn from it that it is nearly certain the horse

    hftftiogg- since cqased to exist in a state of nature . The her ^ of Tartary bear no marks of being indigenous , and those of South America , roving over the vast plains in troops of several thousands , ar <» known to be derived from horses carried , over by the Spaniards . We also learn that Egypt , or its yictoftj ^ jfe probably the original country of the species . The first inW tidn of horses On record is in the Bible , during the period ^ of Joseph ' s Jadmiaistration in Egypt , and tlie mention of tfie chariots and horsemen of Pharaoh , is proof that ^ t : tri ^ s ^ l ^ period that extraordinary people had reduced the h 6 rle to

    subjection * Solomon , while trading largely with Ar ^ m / lmpOrttd Ilia horsed from Egypt only ; and Herodotus mentions the Ethiopions as having furnished a portion of tlie ca ^ atMft to the army of Xerxes . Portraits and descri p tions of the moat important English breeds are given i » Mr Bell ' s usaal fine style . *¦

    Among the plates of the present number we are much struck with the head of the karef the brightness of whose ^ ye is so weli given . The vignette of . , th $ wt ' & headh ^ $ n > qpt fi ^ ifl . iBh expression . Surely Mr Bell has i * $# ueh ^ re ^ tM ^ Ju / j ^ ^^ . : it is mcwe like a ' familiar' than a domestic creature ! A ? tQibe vignette of the pigs , we know not how to speak our fji flt sfeii $ e of-i *» j truthfulness . The material lady * « o . ^ an ^ j ^ ti ^ yl b ^ shortened , is our favorite . She does copious npnQur to the

    limner ' s Baconian philosophy . , Ttie Qmrck tiate , MU VOgkaiid . By 3 . O : Smt > n ^ B . A .

    Church Rates proved £ o . be llffga ^ Unconstitutional , and AnHPwivsianh By . W ^ &ortfihaj ^ The ftdinar&biy dear pMBtpWet ttf Mt Sytaom nay \> t mviilad

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    C fel ritical Notices . 315

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 1, 1837, page 315, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1831/page/60/