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FLORA AND FAUNA. 135
and so many other lovely plants, which form the pride of our gardens and conser-
vatories.
Notwithstanding the labours of many zealous naturalists, the fauna of China is
still far from being thoroughly known, and every successive explorer here discovers
new species. Many have also probably disappeared before the encroachments of
Fig.
66.- RANGE OP THE CHINESE FAUNA.
Scale 1 : 20,000,000.
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agriculture during the historic period. Thus the old accounts speak of the
rhinoceros, elephant, and tapir as still surviving in China proper ; nor is it now
possible to say when they became extinct. But what remains is nevertheless far
more varied than that of Europe, although wild animals have become very rare in
the cultivated districts. As with the flora, there is an insensible transition from
the Indian to the Manchurian fauna. Monkeys, which may be regarded as here