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stridor. The vampire does not make use of his 

 feet to walk, but to stretch a membrane, which 

 enables him to go up into an element where no 

 other quadruped is seen. The armadillo has only 

 here and there a straggling hair, and has neither 

 fur, nor wool, nor bristles, but in lieu of them 

 has received a movable shell, on which are scales 

 very much like those of fishes. The tortoise is 

 oviparous, entirely without any appearance of 

 hair, and is obliged to accommodate itself to a 

 shell which is quite hard and inflexible, and in no 

 point of view whatever obedient to the will or 

 pleasure of the bearer. The egg of the tortoise 

 has a very hard shell, while that of the turtle is 

 quite soft. 



