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PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. 



[anno 1693. 



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A Table of Viviparous hairy Animals or Quadrupeds. 



Viviparous quadrupeds or viviparous hairy animals are e'ther 

 'Hoofed, which are either 

 (Whole footed or hoofed, as the horse and ass. 

 (Cloven-footed, having the hoof divided into 

 fTwo principal parts, called bisulca, either 



f Such as chew not the cud; as all sorts of swine. 

 \ Ruminant, or such as chew the cud, divided into 

 Such as have perpetual and hollow horns, of which there are 

 three kinds, viz. 1. The beef-kind; 2. The sheep-kind; 

 3. The goat- kind; 

 Such as have solid, branched, and deciduous horns; as the 

 deer-kind. 

 Four parts, which we call quadrisulca; as the rhinoceros and 

 Hippopotamus. 

 Clawed, or digitata, having the foot divided into 

 C Two parts or toes, having two nails, as the camel-kind ; 

 \ Many toes or claws ; either 



"Undivided, sticking all together, covered with a common skin, 

 the tips of the toes only peeping out or appearing outwardly, 

 and being covered with nails, as the elephant. 

 Divided from each other a good way down, which have either 

 Broad nails and a human shape, as apes and monkies ; 

 Narrower and more pointed nails ; and in which respect of their 



teeth are divided into such as have 

 'Many fore teeth or cutters in each jaw; either 

 f The greater, which have 



{A shorter snout and rounder head, which we call the cat-kind; 

 A longer snout and head, which we call the dog-kind; 

 The lesser, with a long slender body, and shorter legs, which we 

 call the vermine or weazel-kind. 

 Only two large and remarkable fore teeth, all which are phytivorous; 

 these we call the hare-kind. 

 For all which, and the many subordinate species under each genus; to- 

 gether with short histories of them, the book itself must be consulted. 



An unusual Storm of Hail at Lisle in Flanders. N° 203, p. 858. 



There fell in this city, May 25, N. S. 1686, hail-stones which weighed from 

 a quarter of a pound to a pound weight and more. One among the rest was 

 observed to contain a dark brown matter in the middle, and being thrown into 

 the fire, it gave a very great report. Others were transparent, which melted 

 before the fire immediately. This storm passed over the citadel and town, and 



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