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k together. The Genital of the Male is of a bony 

 ubrtance, and therebre it always ftandeth Ihff, and 

 s not lefler at one tinie than another. The pkafure 

 )f the fence in Copulation is not in the Genital-parr, 

 ,ut in the Mufcles, Tunicles, and Nerves wherein the 

 aid Genital runneth. When they are m Copulation 

 •he Female lieth down, or bcndeth her Knees, and conti- 

 lually crieth like a Cat, either becaufe the Male claweth 

 ler with his nails, or by reafon of the roughncls ot his 



3cnital. , 



She uiually brings forth feven or eight at a tirne, car- 

 rying them forty days in her little belly: The young 

 ones newly littered are blind thirty days together-, and 

 within forty days after they can fee, they may be ufed as 

 their dam for protit and recreation. ^ 



When tamed, they are nouriftied with Milk or with 

 Barley-bread, and they can fall a very long time. When 

 they go. they contrad their long back, and make it 

 ftand upright in the middle round like a Bowl : when 

 they are touched, they fmell like a Martel ; and they 

 deep very much. Thus much of the Ferret, which I 

 thought good to place after the Chapter of Cr;;/^- etch- 

 ing, becaufe this little Animal is fuch a necelfary Inltru- 

 ment for that purpofe. 



Of ^ OX' Hunting. 



His Shape and Proportion is fo well known, being 

 a beall fo common, that i? will be necdkls to 

 defcribe him. 



His nature in many refpeds is like that of a TFo!f\ 

 for they bring as many Qubs at a litter onp qs the o- 

 thcr : but thus they .differ ', the Fox Litters deep under 

 the ground, fo doth not the JFoIf. A 



