Note 531 — BOOK II. AN ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD AND THE ELEMENTS. (continued 2)

The latter part of the remark is correct, but the number of ferocious animals is also greater in the warmer regions; there is, in fact, a greater variety in all the productions of nature in the warmer districts of the globe, except in those particular spots where animal or vegetable life is counteracted by some local circumstances, as in many parts of Asia and Africa by the want of water.