[26] Hist. nat., iv., p. 5.

[27] See particularly his comparison of the skeleton of the horse with that of man. Hist. Nat., iv., p. 381, also p. 13.

[28] Loc. cit., p. 382.

[29] Tome xiv., pp. 311-374.

[30] Tome xiv., p. 358.

[31] See also "Oiseaux," Tome i., pp. 394, 395. Pallas in 1766 adopted for the whole animal kingdom this branching arrangement.

[32] "But this cannot be, for it is certain by revelation that all animals have equally participated in the grace of creation."

[33] iv., p.385.

[34] iv., pp. 3-110.

[35] It has been revived in our own days by Bergson, Matière et Mémoire, p. 57.