END OF THE EIGHTH VOLUME.
T. Gillet, Printer, Wild-Court.
Transcriber’s NoteAll obvious typographical errors were corrected. Where several variant spellings were used, the most prevalent version was use to standardize them. All illustration headers were standardized to display “Engraved for Barr’s Buffon.” above each group and the captions were also standardized. Illustrations which split paragraphs were moved to rejoin them and in some cases, moved to the end of the section. The Illustrations of the Camel and the Dromedary were moved below the book title.To match the other volumes in this series, the list for the placement of images was positioned after the Table of Contents. “M. Allemand” probably should have been “M. Allamand” a Swiss-Dutch natural philosopher (1713-1787) that is reported to have contributed to Buffon’sHistoire Naturelle. This was left unchanged.p. 113,missing end quote added (… for digestion.” Dr. Klockner …).p. 297,missing end quote added at end of paragraph.P. 302,missing end quote added at end of paragraph.The cover image was composed from an image made available on The Internet Archive and is placed in the Public Domain.
Transcriber’s Note
All obvious typographical errors were corrected. Where several variant spellings were used, the most prevalent version was use to standardize them. All illustration headers were standardized to display “Engraved for Barr’s Buffon.” above each group and the captions were also standardized. Illustrations which split paragraphs were moved to rejoin them and in some cases, moved to the end of the section. The Illustrations of the Camel and the Dromedary were moved below the book title.To match the other volumes in this series, the list for the placement of images was positioned after the Table of Contents. “M. Allemand” probably should have been “M. Allamand” a Swiss-Dutch natural philosopher (1713-1787) that is reported to have contributed to Buffon’sHistoire Naturelle. This was left unchanged.
The cover image was composed from an image made available on The Internet Archive and is placed in the Public Domain.