A P P E N D I X. 269
The Non-de.fcript Animals of New South Wales occupied
a- great deal of Mr. W h i t e ’ s, attention, and he preferred
feveral fpecimens of them in fpirits, which arrived in
England in a .very perfect Hate. There was no perfon to
whom thefe could be .given with fo much propriety as'
Mr. Hunter, he, perhaps, being moft capable of examining
accurately^ their flrudure, and making Out their
place^ in the fcale of animals i and it is to him that' we
are indebted for the following obfervations upon them;
in which the anatomical ftructure is purpofely avoided, as
being little ealculated for. the generality of readers o f a work-:
of this kind.
It is much to be wifhed that thofe gentlemen who
are defoous o f obliging their friends, and promoting;
the. ftudy of Natural Hiftory, by fending home fpeei-
mensr would endeavour to procure all the information1
they can relating to fuch fpecimens as they may colledt,-.
more efpcciaJtly animals. The fuhjeéts themfelves may be
valuable, arid.'may partly explain their connection with
thofe related to them, fo as, in feme mea-fure, to eftablifh
their place in. nature, but they cannot, do it entirely j they