are foUd whithout any Tuch emptinefs, onely they are full 

 of Pores. t ...r .; 



It is fupppfcd by the Learped,'that a Koe was called 

 in Greek Vorcof^ by reafon ot the quicknefs of her fight > 

 and that (he can fee as perfcdly in the night as in the 

 day. Phyfitians have obferved a certain vifcous humour 

 about her bowels, which by anointing Eyes that are 

 dark, heavy, and near blinde, quickens the fight moft 

 vyonderfuUy. 



It is reported of them, that they never winl^ no not' 

 when they deep i for which conceit their blood is pre- 

 icribed for them who are dim-fighted or pur-blindc, 

 The tail of this bea(t is leffer and fhorter than a FaVotv-. 

 'peers i infomuch that it is doubtful whether it be a 

 tail or not. 



They keep for the mofi: part in the Mountains a- 

 jmcng the Rocks, being very fwift *, and when they are 

 hunted (Martial faith ) they hang upon the Rocks 

 with their Horns, to delude the Dogs, after a flrange 

 manner, ready to fall and kill thcmfelves, and yet receive 

 no harm, where the L>ogs dare not approach, as ap» 

 peareth in his Epigr?.m= 



Pendentem fumma Capream, de rtfpe videhif, 

 Cdfuram j^ercs, dtcipit ilia Canes. 



This might be more properly meant of the Wild- 

 (^.QaU ■ ■ 



They are mofl eafily taken in the Woods. When 

 they are chafed, they detire to run againli the Wind, 

 becaufe the coldncfs of the Air refrcdicth them in 

 their courfe ;, and therefore they who hunt tliem place 

 their Dogs with the Wind. They are ofcen taken by 

 the counterfeiting of their Voice, which the skilful 

 Huntfman doth by the affiliance of a fcafe \\\ his 

 Jf^outho ■' ^ 



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