COW KIND. 



middle ; it was cloven-footed like the cow, with- 

 out those hinder claws that are found in the hog 

 kinds. But the greatest variety of all in this 

 extraordinary creature, which was a female, was, 

 that it had but two teats, and consequently, in 

 that respect, resembled neither of the kinds to 

 which, in other circumstances, it bore so strong 

 a similitude. Whether this animal was a distinct 

 kind, or a monster, I will not pretend to say. It 

 was shown under the name of the Bonassus, and 

 it was said, by the person who showed it, to have 

 come from India : but no credit is to be given to 

 interested ignorance ; the person only wanted to 

 make the animal appear as extraordinary as pos- 

 sible ; and I believe would scarcely scruple a lie 

 or two, to increase that wonder in us by which he 

 found the means of living. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



OF ANIMALS OF THE SHEEP AND GOAT KIND. 



As no two animals are found entirely the same, 

 so it is not to be expected that any two races of 

 animals should exactly correspond in every parti- 

 cular. The goat and the sheep are apparently 

 different in the form of their bodies, in their cover- 

 ing, and in their horns. They may from hence 

 be considered as two different kinds with regard 

 to all common and domestic purposes. But if we 



