The Hedgehogs, about which so much has been said, should also go with this group, though it is usual to place them among carnivorous animals. Of hedgehogs there are also several species, and they are found in most countries of Europe, and in many parts of Asia and Africa. No true hedgehog has yet been discovered in North or South America, but they have their representatives there in other species of worm-eating animals. It would not be proper to conclude these sketches without remarking, that there are still a few other odd animals which we have not an opportunity of introducing here. As an instance, we may mention the little Daman, or Hyrax, a native of Africa and Asia Minor, and of which there are two or three distinct species. This is the animal over which Mr Frederic Cuvier, and other learned anatomists, have raised such a paean of triumph--having discovered that, notwithstanding its great resemblance to a rabbit, the little creature was, in reality, a _rhinoceros_! M. Cuvier and his followers seem to have omitted the reflection that this wonderful discovery very naturally suggests. Putting it interrogatively, we may ask, How is it that the hyrax, whose "anatomical structure proves it to be a rhinoceros," is _not_ a rhinoceros in habits, appearance, nor, in fact, in anything but the shape of its bones? If, then, we were to take osteology for our guide, I fear we should often arrive at very erroneous conclusions; and were the little hyrax an extinct animal, and not known to us by actual observation, we should be led by anatomical theorists to ascribe to the timid creature a very different set of manners from what it has got. Despite anatomic theories, then, we shall continue to regard the hyrax-- the coney of the Scriptures--as a _rabbit, and not a rhinoceros_! FINIS.