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THE ARMADILLO. 

 1 HIS animal derives its name from the covering that 

 'nature has bestowed upon it, which is a close compact 

 coat of armour, so exceedingly well fitted for defence, 

 and so much resembling the armour of our forefa- 

 thers, that, had the animal been a native of Europe, 

 wre might naturally have conjectured that man had 

 taken his first hint of a coat of mail from this ani- 

 mal. The structure of the fliell of the armadillo is, 

 however, far more elegant and commodious than anj 

 of the inventions of man ; and the animal, though 

 completely armed, moves with nearly as much free- 

 dom, and has as much command of all the joints of its 

 body, as if it were covered with a soft flexible fkin. 



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