:i§i .
Z oology.
ttàübFr.'ËB^knd. '-rrllhe ffiniâll) 'ho^ftâ^^î*©-àlte'^®y/ fé'elà hbdïavtpbeen
af-pri'rnitive ibsèedV-and, in . diminutivfe fize^* ai®f exceeded ibyUtkofp of
. Skëtlà»d;\ MtejtemS^ .ijjjjÉljfeQ:
* which is fuippesfediHO'-bs-xeGOmpenfed by- \fhe- Superior tÿAntkÿi-àad ôfua-
•lity of the milk'.' ^ Tflé ky 1 i ë s,- as)dfready‘<lh e nt ibned',' arevanàiddie-fized
breëd fromivthe ïpiWiafcë isfii&yle, à:dd^bfefei? di'ftrii|lâ -bf ^ y r ih i r e f e d
fèatl owàjX-h'On hhé^éàft aret foùh d ’large eajfcld, of 'V^iobâte -breed T h e
fhêepPare Imaïleh ahcT-ffiorter than thibfé' of .Englah'd, büt>ar¥ifoôw brofled
incyai^uS’d 3?ïê(^^feyJ^ â f e d^Sîï^fed^alrè re id h rk â bM ^ ^w ^ ^ e fi^ fe ôf
the ÿrcfôî, whkh!1isflhov?evér,'înt!erfperffed with^éoatleK p ilê s '-.k ^ lS t^ re
Mgjfei' M m e î^ é ê jla ^ h lï-fïtg h lâ h d s b e l e i l ^ t e d :
this- animal' not onIy'enlivdn^i'the''/tlpinfe^kiïd.fèapeJ*bjîtAyijèld'&Mjfeful>
léàther and milk, and might roecafrônally ftîçlgly ^kê-'wafi'Mr ©tttd^pro-
egfifi&gg ,sÉ0gf^rli©nbf^^ ; but
the Ihephèrd-dogs^n thé |> tô ^ û e ë ^ ^ ^ toM a ÿ fW ^Ê tlfe ^ d d ? ^ ^ h (S fe -
markablé fagacity, $fo as ! to underliànd a n d ’G-Xêëntë'1 dve«) >éotapkated
commands. '
' k Crf.'i^^7amnîal§-/!tiSé.|^ffi>b^Btfeé(Siii^t3^l®iiâ i i S ^ ô r f |^ | :5fl^ ^ i|p c ë
tlfè yedr ‘i-ôdé. 'Tljë' wild^cat - i s1 - dû 11 « ode- àfiS-n ally j foil rfd -;&tl§ e£ ôîh er
claffes correfpond withnot
nnfeetJûeBÏ. ifmo'hgith e ;’birâs^4êa^lSs I f ô hûtktJnkhdrô^Æê^dë-
gènt fa ith s .' ThelhOrés .and3 - iflàn dsptblent-Müfàêïolls kihdsgoffîfë'a-
fowl. In the progrefs of edkivatlony-'fbM# neW-^bïFd>S^hav5g»Sppeared
■fretin England ; fôr-inlknce,- the 'gtflâén-s#oftédl-^'Eei^, | whfebîië&ènitâfo
Shdtla£id,‘'àffôr c flight Vofl’fetty rfiiie'^ilvbifeît'is flnpT^l»g^prift»Qdi!ini^
nutive a b ird 15 : but the nightingale, who would b.e a saoft welcome
gueft, ftill refufes the journey.
• ^Scotland aboundswith fifh of all kinds, and contributes':,;gi?ea-t fup-
plies to the Englilh market, .particularly in l-ohfter&vhnd falmon. By
fomë lingular chance,, the holibüt, a cearfe dry filh,--is in Scotland ffijded
the Turbot, which in, Scotland is -called Rodden-Jltuk., the la'ft word-being
a general dénomination for-'flounders and other flat filh. ' ^ f c è spàhï|>a“
rehf dakës, rivets, and rivtiîeïsoff'sSë'Ôflat^fl'r prfefeht^%êkhdfel^àïf®;ty
B 'Pennant’s A* Z . vol. i. 39.
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of filh : on the northern and weftern coafts are numerous feals ; and it %■ |
appears from the life QflSt. Columba, that the ancients had a mode of
rendering them tame, and obedient to the call. The whale fometimes .
appears, and the balking lh irk frequently, plays in the weffern inlets. 1
Pearls are found in tlie-.-rivers Teith and Ythan, in a large kind of
mya, or mufcle. -Some large ones are in the fhape of a pear, others are
pink on one fide. Man % beat itiful zoophites,' o n the’ northern fhores
have been found and ihtr.offl|ed to public notice, by Mr. Cordiner. ‘
In confidefing' the mineralogy o f Scotland, it n j | |b e p r e i ^ H t h a l .Mweratogj
dTOantrv fo ^ )unlf bcM -
riaetal^’fetl
fofi^®v(Mipy.eriesja5-iffe $orfvl a^l&I frkrus’' ,
th e ' l i ^ h . # r i V
6fllfhre;.varibus' fubftaf|fe#in y i l ^ ^ ^ u n c l I n
graMtf^m^tintain«,- rt-in; lead, ^'alKtl in g b e f e
tin,’’
f^ahdh6t e p |^ r ^ # h |4lead, anflro^^-1-j m 4
^ b 'l lh r b r ^ I n d eX a r g ilit ie .^ r 'c o m m o n f lS a ^ k i^ l^ p p ^ ^ ^ ^ a®
In ftedt-itej’fulpbnreous pyrites, an d ‘magnet. ‘ d n f'pritSitiyb‘^ lb l l^ jM .
rfp|rg®Ahpphf, le a% -y f e ^ a n d even f t r a t a . f o b V d :
nat^^fitye%3| ^ 3'ena-, and' faanganefeih “’’The f ^ P ^ i M f ty qP ^b ld ’1
fbhhddb8^ebtrand, has b e e i i l ^ o q d r e d H f ^ ^ ^ f e ^ d ^ R t t e ^M A ?
ih o f t iy ^ t^ o f e d ^ e h a r r e flate. T h i |; ^ c i i |i s ^ t i f f l . rA appealed;’^
already 'm e n tk > h ^ iH Hhfe' fands ^ - ^ R a ! n , a \
■®lyd^ nOa^rlt|tfolfree'’; -ahd -a^placdllill^xifts, cafi^d^<§'l>d - ^ ^ ' ^ ^ ^ ' ’;i ■
tteiCKermens^^d^to walhf-thyjfand1.
been found recently. The filver generally accompanies' lead ; and in
the r^khnines1 o f Sa-xonyj th e bafer' nlefll^'wefe' fburidmear^the furface'*
bd*'thre'«i^hep. a t'|g r e a t‘depth4 k -y h d ^ lV -e iT b 'lfiid ^ 'S ^ |)fe ri^ g |if hi-1
the’rlo *beeff of little-aceodnt; ‘the'1’chief ihihe* was -that a t Alva,.wFhfeht '
ba^( 0^o,ply, afforded c o b aX ^ o fT c an .S^o^l^nd boafiTjOjf .,co™.er
fmalitqnantity wa&2^u^j^in<thaiOph5-lisji near-Alva, vrithdfl^fejr:
.? bG?ol| i^kft£4.2 8.
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