282 Fome-Footed Beastes. 



cheekes of a Boare, the tayle of an Elephant/' 

 and, most marvellous of all, " homes above a cubit 

 long, which are moveable upon his head at his 

 owne pleasure like eares; now standing one way 

 and anone moving another way, as he needeth in 

 fighting with other beastes, for they stand not 

 stiffe but bend flexibly, and when he fighteth, he 

 alway stretcheth out the one and holdeth in the 

 other, of purpose, as it may seeme, that if one of 

 them be blunted and broken, then hee may defend 

 him self e with the other." And, lastly, the 

 Mantichora, said to be a species of hysena, ''bred 

 among the Indians " a sufficiently vague descrip- 

 tion of its habitat " having a treble row of teeth 

 beneath and above, whose greatnesse, roughnesse, 

 and feete are like a lyons, his face and eares like 

 unto a mans, his eies gray, and collour red, his 

 taile like the taile of a scorpion of the earth, armed 

 with a sting, casting forth sharp pointed quills, his 

 voice like the voice of a small trumpet or pipe, 

 being in course as swift as a Hart ; his wildues 

 such as can never be tamed, and his appetite is 

 especially to the flesh of man ; with her taile she 

 woundeth her hunters whether they come before 

 her or behind her, and presently, when the quils 

 are cast forth, new ones grow up in their roome, 

 wherewithal she overcometh all the hunters " ; 

 altogether a pleasant type of animal, which it is 

 satisfactory to think has disappeared from the 

 earth, leaving no trace of its existence behind it. 

 The examples we have given by no means exhaust 



