布封(1707～1788)是法国十八世纪著名作家。达尔文在《物种起源》中称他是“近现代以科学眼光探讨物种起源的第一人。”他著的三十六卷《自然史》中,有以动物分期为内容的一卷,中译为《动物素描》。“你们试看那些繁殖在南美各地自由自在地生活着的马匹吧:它们行走着,它们奔驰着,它们腾跃着,既不受拘束,又没有节制;它们因不受羁勒 Cloth seal (1707 ~ 1788) is a famous French eighteenth century writer. Darwin called him ”the origin of species“ as ”the first person to explore the origin of species in a scientific way in modern times.“ His thirty-six volume ”Natural History“ contains a volume of animal staging, In the translation of ”animal sketch.“ ”Look at the horses that breed freely and freely throughout South America: they are walking, they are galloping, they are pranceing, neither restraint nor restraint; they are unaffected